Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion.

People of integrity and honesty not only practice what they preach, they are what they preach.

If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that's enough. And, if tomorrow you are a little bit better than you were today, then that's enough.

A grateful person is rich in contentment. An ungrateful person suffers in the poverty of endless discontentment.

Ordinary people who faithfully, diligently, and consistently do simple things that are right before God will bring forth extraordinary results.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.

Pray and seek for strength to change our circumstances rather than praying for our circumstances to be changed

Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity.

To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.

Regardless of our age, experience, or station in life, we are all missionaries.

Great people plant trees they'll never sit under.

Alas! this time is never the time for self-denial, it is always the next time. Abstinence is so much more pleasant to contemplate upon the other side of indulgence.

I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.

Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation they cry for the bread of hope.

Self-sacrifice usually contains an unspoken demand for payment.

To have the rewards that very few have, do the things that very few people are willing to do.

You bought me some forks. And knives. And spoons. Because you love me!

Highest Providence often works a wonderful miracle: that of having evil men make others who are evil to become good.

On Shabbat something happens to the world - the world becomes infinite again.

It is better to catch the idol-maker than to smash each idol.