As I approached my 18th birthday and prepared to enter military service in World War II, I was recommended to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save

My gut instinct is that these heavens and hells exist nowhere else except in our hearts and minds

It is the thinnest lines that define us.

In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.

Consistency and accuracy instills believability

[Children] receive direct instruction from time to time about the appropriateness of various social comparisons

Wit is cultured insolence.

The world has also learned that economic growth, by itself, cannot close the gap between rich and poor.

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else.

And now you'll be telling stories of my coming back and they won't be false, and they won't be true but they'll be real

The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits.