It is the deepest desire of my heart to have every member of the Church worthy to enter the temple.

Those who are filled with the love of Christ do not seek to force others to do better, they inspire others to do better.

Being happily and successfully married is generally not so much a matter of marrying the right person as it is being the right person.

True greatness...always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not limited to a system of beliefs; it is a plan of action.

That which is worth while is seldom easy.

We need to remember that though we make our friends, God has made our neighbors – everywhere. Love should have no boundary; we should have no narrow loyalties.

The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and, as such, transcends every other interest in life.

Faith is the element that builds the bridge in the absence of concrete evidence.

Look to the temple of the Lord as the great symbol of your membership.

The girl who chooses to be modest, chooses to be respected.

Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.

If you want to be successful in life, then Do not ever lose hope.

Writing is such a lonely work that I try to keep myself cheered up.

When Fortune empties her chamberpot on your head smile and say 'We are going to have a summer shower.'

If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there.

Wind chimes are also earthquake chimes.

Without music the world will still turn, but it won't rock.

When you're working with people you've seen in hundreds of films... it's a bit crazy to step outside yourself for a minute and think, 'This is surreal.' But I try not to get too bogged down in that.

I believe it's a good thing that people say, "Can we find a way to live together in peace?" And they did, for the most part.

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.