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.

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.

The truth is, there’s a balance. You are a product of what life, society, and people have done to you. You bear blame for what you did, but others bear a lot of it too. It’s never too late to accept that your past might not be an excuse, but it is a valid explanation.

Getting old sucks, but it's preferable to getting cremated.

Ideals are dead things… unless they have people behind them. Laws exist not for themselves, but for those they serve.