If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Behavior is determined by its consequences.

That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.

I write not for the sake of glory. Not for the sake of fame. Not of the sake of success. But for the sake of my soul.

The Atonement has not only helped me be cleansed, and be healed, but it has also helped me live.

Believe in the potential of obtaining or achieving a desire.

On the flip side, when we connect our work with a greater sense of purpose and calling beyond the paycheck, we begin to see the kind of flourishing that we were called to create.

Two or three tons of rock can really get you down-and keep you there.

Listen to some good poetry. You see? It keeps us from thinking we are only what our blatant appetites describe us as.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

I'm definitely a pop artist at heart.

Don't treat people the way they treat you. Treat them better.

Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean.