I have been driven many times upon my knees by overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.

In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity’s approval.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas and the truth of prophecy has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover and with the conviction of a geometrician.

The secret of success is conviction and persistence.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.

If you have no time for prayer and meditation, you will have lots of time for sickness and trouble.

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.

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!

I always love to begin a journey on Sundays, because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land, or by water.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience.

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

I love people. I love my family, my children… but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.

Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles in the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man’s own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.