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.

Never fight until you have to. But when it's time to fight, you fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp to Noah's Ark... and brother, it's startin' to rain.

Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Turn your back on the problems and look for the light.

Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good.

Ability is a poor man’s wealth.

Stop being mad at yourself for being exhausted, for crying, losing patience or not having the time or energy to do absolutely everything. Stop being so hard on yourself, all of this is incredibly hard. You are doing okay.

The purpose of holding a crying baby is not to stop her from crying.
The purpose of holding a crying baby is to be present with your child while she is suffering. It is to tell that little person that she is not alone, and it is a reaffirmation of the commitment that you have made to her that you will not be driven away by her expressing how she feels.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

How do you know when you have met the love of your life? If you need to ask this question, you have not yet met that person.
—The journals of Lady Jessica