How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever?

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got.

Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.

Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.

Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery.

Real craftsmanship, regardless of the skill involved, reflects real caring, and real caring reflects our attitude about ourselves, about our fellowmen, and about life.

We should be involved in quiet acts of selfless service.

True repentance does not permit repetition.

We know so little. Our judgment is so limited. We judge the Lord's ways from our own narrow view.

We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.

Strength and struggle travel together.

Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.

Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul.

The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power.

Let no family go into eternity without having left their memoirs for their children, their grandchildren, and their posterity.

Man must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate.

I say to everyone within the sound of my voice, 'Do not fail the Lord'. We must accept the truth that the gospel principles are not on trial but that we are.

Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song.