Frederick William Robertson

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a glory profession, and so is writing, in a way.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.