When you aren’t drinking or using drugs or spending lots of money on fancy toys or basking in the glow of fame or working all the time or eating your way through the refrigerator, being...

You can either complain about how hard your life is, or you can realize that only you are responsible for it.

God thank you for everything you’ve given us. For the time we have together. And for the miracle of Christmas. Thank you for the Atonement, the chance to start all over again. Help us to...

When we support or vote for candidates outside the two major political parties we are immediately lectured about wasting our vote or making it easier for the less desirable of the two major candidates to...

There is also a trilogy of books out. I started reading right after Christmas Divergent. I went to read Insurgent after, and now I’m on the third one. I don’t know, it’s Detergent or whatever....

The moment you stop worrying about success is when success will happen.

You can hold on to the smallest doubt and take comfort in it, stay in denial and go on with your carefree life, until one day you’re finally cornered by a truth that can no...

If you treat an animal right, they don’t run away. They’re not like us. They run away from people they don’t trust; most times we run away from ourselves.

It is only on the battlefield of ideas that the best ones can be recognized and ultimately prevail. Only those afraid of the truth seek to silence debate, intimidate those with whom they disagree, or...

Government should not be involved in marriage at all, I believe. There’s no reason for it. I don’t get the value of my marriage government, I get it from God. I want the government out...

All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free agents in life. We make our own decisions. We control our own destiny.

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing–no matter the personal cost.

I considered him and felt the now familiar crush of emotions weighing on me, begging me to cave in and fall into his strong arms.I pushed back with every ounce of energy I had left....

Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you’re worthy of the trip.

We must sober up and admit that too many of the Republicans and the Democrats have played us, lied to us and stolen from us, while the getaway car was driven by the media. A...

Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love.

… and it broke my heart in so many pieces I wondered if it would ever be whole again.

Whoever thought a tiny candy bar should be called fun size was a moron.

Most young people have rebellious, anti-authoritarian impulses. They don’t like being told what, when, or how to do something. It’s ironic, then, that many of these same people embrace a system in which there would...

We have allowed the system to be so corrupted that many want justice to be “empathetic,” not blind.

Maybe he thought I would run then. Maybe he thought I would be done. But I had been hurt before. I think he underestimated my ability to pick myself up and keep going. Done? Far...

My heart broke a little at her unblemished view of life: She still believed in innocent secrets, the heady rush of a good mystery, and happily ever after… (I wasn’t about to disabuse her of...

I am a man, and I will be treated as such. I answer to only one king and His kingdom will come, His will be done. We have chosen sides and we choose God. America...

In the vacuum created by fear and ignorance and hunger and want, it’s evil, not good, that rushes to fill the void.

not in my name.” They didn’t wait for the conventions of society to catch up to God’s laws. They pushed. They pressed. And they were victorious.

Evil is evil, and no good comes of calling it by any other name.

Men may make progress, but man never changes. Man loves power and money. No matter the skin color, religion or income level. These symbols of our nation make men drunk with power, who then justify...

You can’t love your mother or father if you don’t also have the capacity to grieve their deaths and, perhaps even more so, grieve parts of their lives.

There’s a difference between suspecting a thing and finally knowing it for certain.

Whatever the reason, too many are no longer willing to call evil by its name. There is no vision. And when there is no vision, the people perish.

People came here for a reason, to follow their conscience, to be free!

If you don’t find a leader, perhaps it is because you were meant to lead.

You never fully appreciate what you had until you don’t have it anymore

Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it’s the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.

Thanks is part to our education system, we tend to think that we’re smarter than the stupid guys in funny wigs who came before us. But that’s because we are mistaking technology, progress, and access...

Good for you, you have a heart, you can be a liberal. Now, couple your heart with your brain, and you can be a conservative.

For those that think men make progress collectively, I warn you, history teaches: You couldn’t be more wrong.

I was still searching for someone to blame for my suffering. I really wanted someone to transfer my hate to, so that I could stop hating myself.

America comes with both rights and responsibilities. You have, for example, the right to free speech, but you have the responsibility to not yell ‘fire’ in a crowded theater. If you don’t live up to...

Without morality and virtue most things in a free society fall apart. But with them, anything is possible.

Everyone wants to feel loved, but when all you feel is alone it’s tough to accomplish anything else.

I collapsed to my knees and looked up at the predawn sky. “I hate you,” I said softly.”I love you,” the voice whispered back.

If we want to be endowed with rights – real human rights, we have to act with responsibility. We must not be comfortable with rights. We must be comfortable with responsibility.

Some things are worth believing in. That the little guy can make it. Every single life has value and is worth living. That honor and integrity do matter. That justice will prevail – if not...

You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away...