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.

Sooner or later you are going to fall back in love with your life. Sooner or later your chest isn't going to weigh heavy like an anchor within your body. Sooner or later, you will remember the lightness, the days that didn't end in aching, and that is when you will realize it, that is when you will understand - you survived.

Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Sometimes tomorrow’s just a today that got lost.

The philosophy is engagement. I feel very strongly about engaging with people regardless of whether they agree with you or not. I actually think it’s even more important to engage when there’s disagreement.

Fathers provide a sense of security to their children, but they also model behavior. For boys, fathers model and teach how to be a protector; for girls, fathers model and teach how men ought to protect them.

Full disclosure, living "rent-free in my head" is not exactly the real estate windfall it's been made out to be. That neighborhood has a TON of issues.

Focus on where you are headed rather than where you began.

People need to stop treating marriage as a mechanism of personal fulfillment. That is not actually what marriage is supposed to be. The purpose of marriage is to create a stable environment to start a family and raise children.

Confidence isn't walking into a room thinking you're better than everyone; it's walking in and not having to compare yourself to anyone at all.

I may not do things perfectly; I do them persistently until it looks like perfection.