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.

Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Sometimes tomorrow’s just a today that got lost.

The philosophy is engagement. I feel very strongly about engaging with people regardless of whether they agree with you or not. I actually think it’s even more important to engage when there’s disagreement.

Fathers provide a sense of security to their children, but they also model behavior. For boys, fathers model and teach how to be a protector; for girls, fathers model and teach how men ought to protect them.

Full disclosure, living "rent-free in my head" is not exactly the real estate windfall it's been made out to be. That neighborhood has a TON of issues.

Focus on where you are headed rather than where you began.

People need to stop treating marriage as a mechanism of personal fulfillment. That is not actually what marriage is supposed to be. The purpose of marriage is to create a stable environment to start a family and raise children.

Confidence isn't walking into a room thinking you're better than everyone; it's walking in and not having to compare yourself to anyone at all.

I may not do things perfectly; I do them persistently until it looks like perfection.

Overcoming the world is not one defining moment in a lifetime, but a lifetime of moments that define an eternity.