If I had the choice of educating a boy or a girl, I would educate the girl. If you educate a boy, you educate one, but if you educate a girl, you educate a generation.

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.

In the solitude of meditation, when your conscious mind becomes quiet, your subconscious reveals herself.

When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

Success on the Web require high-level corporate understanding of the Internet's capabilities and support of early test-and-invest projects.

People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.

Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn’t-fair results, it turns out that the happy out-perform the less happy.

I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible.

Know the true definition of yourself. That is essential. Then, when you know your own definition, flee from it.

I became a writer because I am the youngest of six children. I listen; I observe. I'm camouflaged as a moth. Mothers are unseen. It helps me write.

I have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.