There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.

A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.

Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.

Habit is something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them.

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor.

A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.

A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

Most smiles are started by another smile.

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

We didn't actually overspend our budget. The health Commission allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.

A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be, A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work.

When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.

Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.

We're very open and outspoken about our faith and our beliefs. We also talk about our doubts, our moments of insecurities. We talk about it all day, how we're inspired by God. We recognize little miracles every day, and that's how we're raising our daughter.

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.

But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.