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.

Fear can be a weapon just as courage. Without fear there is no prudence. Without prudence there is recklessness. With recklessness, defeat.

His will is our best choice. And He gives us Blessings that we don’t understand so we call them Trials.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

I just locked eyes with a spider.

But instead of killing him I ran away and hid. Now he can spend the night stressing about where I am.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

Life has a simple formula:
Look back and thank God.
Look ahead and trust God.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Shame doesn’t tell us we made a mistake; it tells us we are our mistakes.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.