Our sincere desire should be to have both clean hands and a pure heart - both a remission of sins from day to day and to walk guiltless before God.

People of integrity and honesty not only practice what they preach, they are what they preach.

If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that's enough. And, if tomorrow you are a little bit better than you were today, then that's enough.

A grateful person is rich in contentment. An ungrateful person suffers in the poverty of endless discontentment.

Ordinary people who faithfully, diligently, and consistently do simple things that are right before God will bring forth extraordinary results.

Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.

Pray and seek for strength to change our circumstances rather than praying for our circumstances to be changed

Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity.

To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.

There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.

After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness.

I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it.

There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.

New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.

Look around. And don't get close to people who make you suffer.

I'm doing quite a lot of painting on stones - little funny fish and animals.

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.

Eternity was in our lips and eyes, Bliss in our brows' bent; none our parts so poor But was a race of heaven.