Don't look for a life virtually free from discomfort, pain, pressure, challenge, or grief, for those are the tools a loving Father uses to stimulate our personal growth and understanding.

Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.

Recognize the good in others, not their stains.

I witness that as you gain experience and success in being guided by the Spirit, your confidence in the impressions you feel can become more certain than your dependence on what you see or hear.

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.

Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage.

There are few things in life that bring as much joy as the joy that comes from assisting another improve his or her life.

Repentance is not punishment, it is the hope filled path to a more glorious future.

Stay on the Lord's side, and you will win every time.

If you want to talk to God, pray. If you want him to talk to you, read your scriptures.

A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that does not weaken with the passage of time.

The only cure for suffering is to face it head on, grasp it round the neck and use it.

He's named you heir apparent to the Apocalypse. Congratulations.

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.

Tell me why...... I don't like Mondays.

You are god. To be conscious of that not just from the point of view of the human form, to be endless and beginningless perfect being, is to be enlightened.

Your ideal possession candidate's a thirteen-year-old recently orphaned schizophrenic girl three days away from her period on her way to see the shrink with whom she's romantically besotted.

To see one's goal and to drive toward it, steeling one's heart, is most uplifting.

Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent.

Your first thought is often the best one. You know, the one that felt too weird or silly or stupid. Trust your imagination - it knows what it's doing.

You know, I want to be the uncommon one. I think it's pretty cool that I'm only 5'11, you know, and playing in the National Football League.