In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best.

No matter our age, our circumstances, or abilities... Each one of us can create something remarkable with our lives.

As we come unto Christ and journey to higher ground, we will desire to spend more time in His temples, because the temples represent higher ground, sacred ground.

The way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.

Come what may and love it.

Kindness is the essence of greatness.

As we look for humor, seek for the eternal perspective, understnd the principle of compensation, and draw near to our Heavenly Father, we can endure heardship and trial.

Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.

Key statements made by latter-day prophets are not trite clichés. They are vital counsel to us from the Lord through his prophets. We should ponder and act upon such statements.

We don't fall in love with someone. We discover love in someone!

I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.

Our normal sense of the person as a lonely island of consciousness, is a dramatic illusion based on theological imagery.

I like action films, not exclusively, but I like Samurai films. I like Westerns. Not so much war pictures, but a few. I like kinetic cinema.

Bring out the nature of the materials. Let their nature intimately into your scheme.

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.

Small is good, but none is better.

If you can't do it, don't do it.

You get to a point in relationships where you don't want to push anything, but things need to change, move on, or develop.

I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.