The plant reveals what is in the seed.

The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.

There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.

The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.

Affirmation is an internal positive statement that supports an external outcome.

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.

So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

To educate in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

No man will ever bring out the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.

When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.

These are the arks, the trophies, I erect, That fortify thy name against old age.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.

And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you. . . If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it.