In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found.
Each needs the other: capital cannot do without labor, nor labor without capital.
. . . the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk as He walked' (I Jn. 2:6). Otherwise we make a vain pretence and show, if we follow not His steps, Whose name we glory in, and assuredly they would not be irksome to us, but would free us from all dangers, if we loved nothing but what He commanded us to love.
God ordained for every man one and the same means of salvation.
David's Lord was made David's Son, and from the fruit of the promised branch sprang One without fault, the two-fold nature coming together in one Person, that by one and the same conception and birth might spring our Lord Jesus Christ, in Whom was present both true Godhead for the performance of mighty works and true Manhood for the endurance of sufferings.
Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.
The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age. . . for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of all ages.
. . . but you have to know when you close those doors, you don't leave anything for the other person.
Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.
Whatever connection we thought we had before this. . . it doesn't compare to this moment. No matter what happens between us in life, this moment has just merged pieces of our souls together. Well always have that, and in a way it's comforting to know.
I don't want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.