Love the giver more than the gift.

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.

There are just three things that you can do with Money: save, give, or invest. Somehow in here in America, with all our creativity, we have invented a fourth use for money: we can squander it

No, I thought. Not just Hell. Really, Heaven was just as guilty. What kind of group could advocate goodness and not allow its members to love?

Nurture a balanced perspective and don’t “sweat the small stuff.

Gabby, I told you I'd give you space, but I never said I wouldn't fill your space with flowers. Brad

It is only in retrospect that the high points of our lives rise up, flaunting banners.

The end of the world is approaching, maybe by the year 2010.

You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing.

Men like to flirt with, and sometimes even date a wild child, but those women aren't usually first on their lists for marriage or motherhood.

Promise too much and you'll have plenty of room to fail. Promise little and you'll have plenty of room to excel.

Better hold the hand for coin, though small, Than lose, for one half a dang, it all.