Top 68 Quotes & Sayings by Richard L. Evans - Page 2

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.

May I make two citations from the words of a discerning editorial writer, not one of my faith, but one of much faith: "If we neglect the divine . . . and give ourselves over wholly to the human," he said, "we may certainly count upon nothing but the triumph of pessimism. . . . True optimism must rest upon a calm, unshakable faith in eternal life and in the unlimited goodness of him who gives it."

But fortunately for us and for all men, it has not been given unto us to judge, nor to execute, nor to measure out the days and the years of men. We may be most grateful that such matters belong to the Lord God our Father, who sees things past and things to come. And, we may be grateful for the assurance that there is plan and purpose in this world, and in our own lives.

Happiness mainly depends on man's ability to work and the way in which he does it.

Go ahead with your life, your plans.... Don't waste time by stopping before the interruptions have started.

Any man who can't control his thoughts can't control his actions, and any man who can't control his actions isn't safe in society.

The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?

If we don't want temptation to follow us, we shouldn't act as if we are interested. No one ever fell over a precipice who never went near one.