Lambs have little chance to follow the right path if the shepherds go astray.

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.

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.

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

The sea is nothing but a library of all the tears in history.

Writing is 90% struggle. The other 10% is up to you.

Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, it turns out far better if you give them a piece of your heart.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.

We all know smoking is bad. I know I'm going to quit someday, if I thought I wasn't I'd quit now.

We don't realize how hard it was to drive anywhere outside the major cities less than a century ago.

The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future.

I'm going to stop a revolution,'' I say. I turn right, and Peter follows me.

There is a devilish mercy in the judge, if you'll implore it, that will free your life, but fetter you till death.

I feel like I'm almost ready to write fiction about the border. But even after 10 years of writing nonfiction about it, I don't think I know quite enough to do it right.