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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.

2026-06-02 21:17:41

If Heavenly Father patiently works with imperfect children while they learn and grow, then perhaps I can be a little more patient with mine.

Unknown
2026-05-30 19:43:02

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain
2026-05-30 19:40:32

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Ingrid Bergman
2026-05-25 21:21:22

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
2026-05-25 21:19:34

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Abraham Lincoln
2026-05-25 21:17:50

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

Immanuel Kant
2026-05-25 21:14:42

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Seneca
2026-05-24 10:56:02

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

Richard Wright
2026-05-24 10:53:14

The first lesson of economics is scarcity, but the first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

Thomas Sowell
2026-05-21 00:16:07

So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people. That’s democracy. A terrible way to run a country, but every other system is worse.

Ken Follett
Fall of Giants