God has given us two hands – one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

The Tao teaches us to let go of things. Use the 80/20 rule. If you take all your clothes, you’ll find out that you only wear 20 percent of them. Take what you have and don’t use and circulate it. Give stuff to people who truly need it. After all, we come into this world with nothing; we leave this world with nothing.

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva.

It doesn’t matter who likes you or doesn’t like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

God to me is love.

When I look back on my life as a whole, it is impossible for me not to feel blessed.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

I saw 14 games in two and a half months at Churchill. It was what I really signed for. They were eyeing the championship and also playing the AFC Cup. So I am very thankful for Churchill, the coaching staff and the players.

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

I’m trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He’s for them and has a purpose.

Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man’s, I mean.

Working with our military community has been the biggest honor of my life.

When I ask people to give, I can’t be on television if they don’t; I can’t help people, if I don’t – I mean, it takes money.

Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.

I think that man has a fundamental obligation to extract from himself and from the earth all that it can give; and this obligation is all the more imperative that we are absolutely ignorant of what limits – they may still be very distant – God has imposed on our natural understanding and power.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

God made me and broke the mold.

I was born on a full moon. Both my children were born on full moons, too. Some people say that’s scary. It is what it is, man, I don’t be trippin‘. I couldn’t tell God when I wanted to be born.

I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

We love things we love what they are.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I’ve been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

Digital reading will completely take over. It’s lightweight and it’s fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

I can unload my opinion on anybody at anytime.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

I’ve been very fortunate.

I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

God looks after children, animals and idiots.

Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature’s God.

Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can make it happen. Thankfully, He doesn’t expect us to make ourselves holy. He just wants us to learn to depend on Him to make us holy.

I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla who are making the company successful.

My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible.

Young men and women, your education is ever important – to us, to you, and to God.

However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.

One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.