Entering the waters of baptism is something we do. The be that must precede it is faith in Jesus Christ and a mighty change of heart.

Others don't make us angry. There is no force involved. Becoming angry is a conscious choice, a decision, therefore, we can make the choice not to become angry. We choose!

Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Lowering the Lord’s standards to the level of a society’s inappropriate behavior is apostasy.

Trying to please others before pleasing God is inverting the first and second great commandments.

Never forget which way you face

The gospel teaches us that true beauty is more than skin-deep. A young woman whose countenance is aglow with both happiness and virtue radiates inner beauty.

Discipline comes from the same root word as disciple, and implies patience and teaching on our part. It should not be done in anger.

May your efforts to develop Christlike attributes be successful so that His image may be engraven in your countenance and His attributes manifest in your behavior

I can take my wife out for a lovely evening this Friday, which is a to do. But being a good husband is not an event; it needs to be part of my nature—my character, or who I am.

Anger is an uncivil attempt to make another feel guilty or a cruel way of trying to correct them.

I am amazed; until the day I die I shall wonder how Whittaker Chambers got into my house to use my typewriter.

Singleness is a gift; marriage is a gift. We should not misuse the gifts we've been given.

The turkey's eyes are such that he can see a bumblebee turn a somersault on the verge of the horizon.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

I actually haven't been approached a whole lot for television, believe it or not.

I have the most conservative position.

I take a breath when I have to.

For I had expected always Some brightness to hold in trust, Some final innocence To save from dust

Truth can stand by itself...If there be but one right [religion], and [Christianity] that one, we should wish to see the nine hundred and ninety-nine wandering sects gathered into the fold of truth.

Dissent is not sacred; the right of dissent is.