Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the thorns.

The sovereign God wants to be loved for Himself and honored for Himself, but that is only part of what He wants. The other part is that He wants us to know that when we have Him we have everything -- we have all the rest.

I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter.

Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so; Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest, With a quicker count will go. Think,--the shadow on the dial For the nature most undone, Marks the passing of the trial, Proves the presence of the sun.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. - Inaugural Address.

Money begets money.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

For the want of a nail, the horseshoe was lost; For the want of a horseshoe a horse was lost; For the want of a horse, the rider was lost; For the want of a rider, the message was lost; For the want of a message, the battle was lost; For the want of a battle, the war was lost; For the want of a war, the kingdom was lost; And all for the want of a horseshoe's nail.

No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. Whenever the secular arm is called in to sustain an idea, whether new or old, it is always a bad idea, and not infrequently it is downright idiotic.

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

The latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population.

It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping. -Measure for Measure. Act i. Sc. 2.

A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

I wake up every morning and thank God I’m not a chartered accountant any longer, but involved with property.