Karl G. Maeser Quotes
I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.
Quotes to Explore
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During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
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I believe in growth - in myself and in the characters I create.
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.
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When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.
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I remember, when I was at school, we would have a 10-minute storytelling session where we'd all sit on the floor cross-legged, and the teacher would read. It became something we all really looked forward to. That was part of the reason I grew to love stories.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
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Songwriter friends will be like, 'Oh my God, when are you going to put out 'Love Triangle?'' It's just been that song for me that really helped me get a lot of writing sessions and helped jump-start my writing career.
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I believe in eating what I like and sweating it out in the gym.
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God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're just honest - but they don't tell you what's right or wrong. They don't tell you what to agree with or what to believe in.
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The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.
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Some people believe they chose homosexuality, and some believe they didn't. Who's to say one is wrong? It's not fair to generalize anyone's sexuality or walk of life.
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When I first joined 'Dancing with the Stars,' I did not want to do it. It's not what I like, it's not what I believe in... the judges are fake, this is fake, that is fake... there is not a lot of reality.
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The world and that which, by another name, men have thought good to call Heaven (under the compass of which all things are covered), we ought to believe, in all reason, to be a divine power, eternal, immense, without beginning, and never to perish.
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I don't really miss God but I sure miss Santa Claus!
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Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand . . . what he learns and the way he understands it.
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Behind the debris of these self-styled, sullen supermen and imperial diplomatists, there stands the gigantic figure of one person, because of whom, by whom, in whom, and through whom alone mankind might still have hope. The person of Jesus Christ.
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The army influences everything I do. Certainly it teaches you discipline, which is a necessary element of development. I think there's more of a collaborative understanding in the band because of that.
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I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.
