The longer I live the more I think of the quality of fortitude… men who fall, pick themselves up and stumble on, fall again, and are trying to get back up when they die.

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.

If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.

God has plans, not problems for our lives. The life of a Christian is an education for a higher service. God is training you for something.

Sure, I did a lot of things in excess. But if you look at the core, the foundation of what I pursued, what red-blooded young American male in my position wouldn’t?

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

The highest, most decisive experience, is to be alone with one’s own self.

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.