I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.

I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there’s no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.

Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.

Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.

It’s certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

I’m the proof – you can’t throw away tradition.

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.

I’m responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

I believe God’s keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can’t give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it’s peace or joy or satisfaction.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can’t be wrong whose life is in the right.

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that’s where a lot of preachers‘ kids get off base sometimes. Because they don’t see the same things at both places.

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

SEALs are human beings. We may all have the same haircuts, but we aren’t robots. Some SEALs are great people. Some are not great people. Some have done unspeakably terrible things. You’re dealing with different people, different dreams, different desires.

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

I believe in singing to such an extent that, if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing becomes a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for cooperation with others.

Whether or not I like a piece of data has very little bearing on whether or not I am likely to accept it.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

Through fidelity, we situate ourselves and maintain ourselves in the hands of God so exactly as to become one with them in their action.

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

To ‚choose‘ dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

You don’t have to be like everybody else or do things like everybody else. God created you to be a unique individual, and He wants you to be free to be who He made you to be.

The Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn’t, He would take us to Heaven far sooner.

I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

God’s desire is that we excel.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, ‚why don’t I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,‘ and they abandon their values.

I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it is a title, and that many go in for those professions who are utterly unfit for them, while others who would be very competent are prevented by business or their daily cares, which keep them away from letters.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, ‚Hey, I did my religious duty.‘ That’s fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you’re talking to God. Even if it’s in your thoughts.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.