Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

I admire my father greatly.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply!

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on!

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

I had a New Year's kiss once. But it was like, 'Let's start the year off together,' and then we wound up breaking up the night after!

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.

Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.