Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father.

If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.

He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

He that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is anti-christ

The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy

The best remedy for anger is delay.

Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

Snow floated down every once in a while, but it was frail snow, like a memory fading into the distance.

Your mind is the doorkeeper of your soul and heart the king. It's unwise to let the doorkeeper control the king.

Watch them describe you to somebody else and see how it long it takes for them to bring up your physical description that'll tell you all.

I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist

I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a Champion and make a sucker of of him.

I'm always ready for TV. I don't have to edit my jokes - when you work clean, you can work anywhere.

Donald Trump can improve and get better as he goes along, and I think he will.

When you work on your own life, you are less likely to hyper focus on the imperfections of your husband.

My childhood was bad. No father. Mother was greedy and brought me up awful - never made me breakfast once. I don't want to get started. One story is worse than another.

Toys are made in heaven, batteries are made in hell.