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.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact

What young brains lack in experience they sometimes make up for in idealism. Nothing seems impossible to them.

People SHOULD be doubted. Many people misunderstand this concept. Doubting people is just a part of getting to know them. What many people call ‘trust’ is really just giving up on trying to understand others, and that very act is far worse than doubting. It is actually apathy.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

I’m an adult in the same way a tomato is fruit

It's really necessary to engage in dialogue with people that you do not agree with, because they're the ones who will tell you things that you don't know.

Keeping an oath is not an ultimate good… It is only as good as the ideals it is sworn to. Uniting is not an ultimate good. It is only as good as the purposes for that unification

Understanding has never led to hatred.

My life is yours. My strength, always, is yours. When you are weak, let me be strong. When I am weak, please lend me your strength. And when we are both weak, at least we will not be alone. Never again alone, for our journeys have together become one. My love, forever. This is my oath.

But everything you love is going to hurt you now and then, because it is flawed.