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" God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man. "

Benjamin Franklin

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" I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. "

George Washington Carver

" Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a perspective puts God in view in all of life, not just in the moments we set aside for worship or spiritual disciplines. Not just in the moments when life seems easy. "

" Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. "

" The power of the living God is here on the earth. The Priesthood is here. "

" I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires. "

Saint Teresa of Avila

" One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that? "

" Honestly, I feel like everything in life happens for a reason, and my son has been the greatest gift that God has given me in my life and been the most game-changing thing that's happened to my life, in a necessary way. "

" We often forget that everything we see, animate or inanimate, is a visual manifestation of the work of our invisible God. We have become so accustomed to trees, mountains, sky, air, water, flowers, animals, vegetables and people that we no longer see them for what they are - God's work. "

Mother Angelica

" Those that won't be counseled can't be helped. "

Benjamin Franklin

" Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that. "

Aretha Franklin

" It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow. "

Benjamin Franklin

" It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins than to come down to Earth in his alter ego as his son and have himself hideously tortured and executed so that he could forgive himself. "

Richard Dawkins

" I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all! "

Christopher McCandless

" If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. "

Benjamin Franklin

" All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. "

Charles A. Beard

" If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him, all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit. "

Charles Stanley

" It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. "

Benjamin Franklin

" Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. "

" If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. "

Benjamin Franklin

" I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace. And if that sounds heretical, my source is pretty good: Matthew, Five to Seven, The Sermon on the Mount. "

" The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him. "

" I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives. "

" I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes are apt to sour one's temper and disturb one's quiet. "

Benjamin Franklin

" I could make apple pie every single day. You need to be super precise in order for it to be perfect. I'm such a perfectionist that baking is calming for me. I've never burnt anything, thank God. "

" I think I just learned that God has a plan for all of us, and I work hard and do all the things I can, but at the same time, His will is perfect; and me trying to control it, it's not going to work. "

" God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love. "

Martin Farquhar Tupper

" But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next. "

" Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning. "

Joseph B. Wirthlin

" A penny saved is two pence clear. "

Benjamin Franklin

" There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier. "

Benjamin Franklin