Let us continue to improve until we are filled with the knowledge of the truth. We have yet much to learn.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father.

If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.

He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

He that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is anti-christ

The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy

The best remedy for anger is delay.

Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

The greatest obstruction to our joy in God is not a lack of time.

If I have a stupid day, everything looks wrong to me.

It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer – it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves and cares for you.

I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place.

It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline.

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.

The commendation of adversaries is the greatest triumph of a writer, because it never comes unless extorted.

Joy is never tomorrow it's always now!

I write, I write, I always write.

The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!