Quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.

God isn’t slow, he is strategic

Fear makes us selfish… The more we fear death, the more we cling to ourselves, our belongings, our safe spaces…to that which is familiar. We exhibit increased nationalism, racism, and religious intolerance. We flout authority, ignore social mores, steal from others to provide for ourselves, and become more materialistic. We even abandon our feelings of environmental responsibility because we sense the planet is a lost cause and we’re all doomed anyway…

Those who do not fear death, for whatever reason, tend to exhibit behavior that is more benevolent, accepting of others, cooperative, and caring about the environment. Essentially, this means that if we could all free our minds of the burden, of the terror we feel about death… Then we would find ourselves in a dramatically improved world.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Sometimes the hardest prayers to pray are the ones where all you can do is ask God for the strength to keep going.

We don't get to choose the storm. But we do get to choose what happens next.

How we go on. How we heal. How we live.

Maybe that's what the storm is all about. Not just surviving, but who we become in the aftermath.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.