I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.
To read and write will help you understand life. . . to sew and mend will help you survive it.
Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.
Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.
Beauty exists where you least expect to find it.
Everything seems simpler from a distance.
Sometimes you can’t let go of the past without facing it again.
I give it as my fixed opinion, that but for our graduated cadets, the war between the United States and Mexico might, and probably would have lasted some four or five years, with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share; whereas, in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.
I am honored that they would include me in the Cabinet as a member and contributor.
Our families need to ask for the gift of the Spirit! Through prayer, even in the busiest times, we give time back to God, we find the peace that comes from appreciating the important things, and we encounter the joy of God’s unexpected gifts. Through daily prayer may our homes become, like the house of Martha and Mary, places where Jesus always finds a warm welcome.
I soon became convinced. . . that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.