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 young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

To begin, begin.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

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.