The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
Whatever you do, think of the Glory of God as your main goal.
We do not go to Holy Communion because we are good; we go to become good.
Health is God's great gift, and we must spend it entirely for Him. Our eyes should see only for God, our feet walk only for Him, our hands labor for Him alone; in short, our entire body should serve God while we still have the time. Then, when He shall take our health and we shall near our last day, our conscience will not reproach us for having misused it.
Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them
Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.
Run, jump, shout, but do not sin.
He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber.
The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is
I. . . have been in that weird state between dreaming and waking, where dreams could be memories and the real world could be a dream.
Every day is a day to be thankful. Life's abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope.