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Quotes

Collection of 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.

2026-06-21 12:00:40

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

Margaret Thatcher
2026-06-21 11:59:21

If God is making you wait, then do what waiters do: serve

Unknown
2026-06-21 11:58:35

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government.

Brigham Young
2026-06-21 11:56:57

The secret of happiness is something to do.

John Burroughs
2026-06-21 11:55:42

They will not let us help them. They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their own minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they can not be taken out.

C. S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia
2026-06-21 11:53:27

You don't have a right to a house, you don't have a right to a job, you don't have a right to medical care. You have a right to your life and what you do with it.
But once you claim a right to something that is material, that means you are claiming a right to somebody else's labor, and that is a form of slavery.

Ron Paul
2026-06-21 11:51:35

I never want my daughter to pause and think...
'I can't tell DAD, he might get mad.’
I want her to feel...
‘I NEED my dad. He'll know what to do.’

Unknown
2026-06-21 11:48:59

When you doubt, abstain.

Ambrose Bierce
2026-06-21 11:47:48

The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.

Paul Tournier
2026-06-21 11:46:23

Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

Lewis Carroll