"Otherwise grace is no more grace," since it is bestowed on us, not because we have done good works, but that we may be able to do them.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

Courage is important but it shouldn’t be used in making impulsive decisions or taking uncalculated actions.

To stop war, teach peace, love, cooperation, and most of all—forgiveness.

If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)

More water will flow before we join StarClan. This is not an end. This is a beginning. You will need the courage of a lion to face this journey.

In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job.

The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

I mean, I'm not a contrarian.

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.