If you feel guilty or quietly ashamed, seek the power of the Atonement.

We know the truth of the restored gospel. Are we ready to defend that truth? We need to live it; we need to share it.

When we decide to embark in the service of God, great things begin to happen in our life and the lives of people around us. We learn of Him. We come unto Him.

With the Savior's power and light we will be enabled to push back the darkness of the world.

Our small acts of faith and service are how most of us can continue in God and eventually bring eternal light and glory to our family, our friends, and our associates.

Everyone of you right now is valuable and essential.

How do we make the Lord's ways our ways? I believe we begin by learning of Him and praying for understanding.

Why do [TEMPLES] beautify and shine? Because as the scriptures say, 'truth shineth,' and temples contain truth and eternal purpose; so do you.

By the nourishing spirit of the temple we can learn the reality, the power and the hope of the Savior's Atonement in our personal life.

Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be.

Sometimes you just get a feeling about someone and that feeling is worth more than all of the little things put together.

I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.

My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we used for toilet paper. Before we used it, we'd look at the pictures.

Booze, broads and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?

One can paint with two colors, and draw with one. Three, or four at most, have for centuries been enough men.

People will tell you that I overcame obstacles? Maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was given than was ever taken away.

I've always felt that the basic unit of writing fiction is the sentence, and the basic unit of the screenplay is the scene.

There are some lives duller Than dusty glass

This notion of public-school doors being barred to God would have confounded not only the founding fathers but also those who attended American public schools as recently as the early 1960s.