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.

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.

But everything you love is going to hurt you now and then, because it is flawed.

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

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

If we never had the power to do terrible things, then what heroism would it be to resist?

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.

Understanding has never led to hatred.