Others don't make us angry. There is no force involved. Becoming angry is a conscious choice, a decision, therefore, we can make the choice not to become angry. We choose!

Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Lowering the Lord’s standards to the level of a society’s inappropriate behavior is apostasy.

Trying to please others before pleasing God is inverting the first and second great commandments.

Never forget which way you face

The gospel teaches us that true beauty is more than skin-deep. A young woman whose countenance is aglow with both happiness and virtue radiates inner beauty.

Discipline comes from the same root word as disciple, and implies patience and teaching on our part. It should not be done in anger.

May your efforts to develop Christlike attributes be successful so that His image may be engraven in your countenance and His attributes manifest in your behavior

I can take my wife out for a lovely evening this Friday, which is a to do. But being a good husband is not an event; it needs to be part of my nature—my character, or who I am.

Anger is an uncivil attempt to make another feel guilty or a cruel way of trying to correct them.

Entering the waters of baptism is something we do. The be that must precede it is faith in Jesus Christ and a mighty change of heart.

There's something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.

Journalism is the art of coming too late as early as possible. I’ll never master that.

The genius must have his freedom and his independence.

Without independent corroboration, little can be done to tell a false memory from a true one.

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

Life always brings you what you need.

I always keep myself busy. I'm writing. Or I'm creating something. Or I'm doing stuff with the kids. I'm up incredibly early in the morning; I go to bed incredibly late at night.

It is unacceptable that more than 1 billion people are hungry every day while another billion are obese.

Living up to other people's expectations is always difficult.

See yourself living in a new body. Hopeful = recovery. Happy = happier biochemistry. Stress degrades the bod.