Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen.

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best.

No matter our age, our circumstances, or abilities... Each one of us can create something remarkable with our lives.

As we come unto Christ and journey to higher ground, we will desire to spend more time in His temples, because the temples represent higher ground, sacred ground.

The way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.

Come what may and love it.

Kindness is the essence of greatness.

As we look for humor, seek for the eternal perspective, understnd the principle of compensation, and draw near to our Heavenly Father, we can endure heardship and trial.

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.

I love Obama. He's my favorite president of all time. I have a giant picture in my apartment in New York that is of his Chicago Tribune cover, Mr. President.

the success of a holiday depends on what you find for yourself on the spot, not what you bring with you.

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

People never get tired of looking at beautiful pictures of gorgeous girls.

If you don't have two states, you have one state, already the non-Jewish population outnumbers the Jewish population in one state.

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair

Your contribution is the energy produced in the doing of something, not the end product.

Hard work leads to low returns. Insight and doing what we want lead to high returns.

Every cradle asks us, Whence? and every coffin, Whither? The poor barbarian, weeping above his dead, can answer these questions as intelligently as the robed priest of the most authentic creed.

There's not a country on earth that doesn't feel that it might be invaded by Donald Trump's regime.