No matter how sad we might be, the universe is still planning our happiness.

We live in the most probable of all possible worlds.

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

I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

If my father's son can become President of these United States, then your father's son can become anything he wishes.

September] 27th [1862] I happened to be placed, being a humble instrument in the hands of our Heavenly Father, as I am, and as we all are, to work out His great purposes, I have desired that all my works and acts may be according to His will, and that it might be so, I have sought His aid; but if, after endeavoring to do my best in the light which He affords me, I find my efforts fail, I must believe that for some purpose unknown to me, He wills it otherwise.

So true it is that man proposes and God disposes.

Foolish people spend time and money poring over horoscopes and consulting so-called psychics trying to see the dark unknown. How much better to walk through life holding the hand of One who knows the way and cares for us!

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work, rather teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe.

God was God, and the why was His. Senseless to protest and rant when God didn't ask humans to help Him make decisions.