Religious music is by far the greatest music of the ages. What is there to compare-in rhythmic beauty, poetic sublimity, and inspired teachings-with the Psalms of David?

The most important single thing that any Latter-day Saint ever does in this world is to marry the right person, in the right place, by the right authority.

But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God’s Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way.

The family unit is the most important organization in time or in eternity.

We cannot survive spiritually with one foot in the Church and the other in the world.

All progression in spiritual things is dependent upon the attainment of humility.

Existence came from God; death came by Adam; and immortality and eternal life come through Christ.

Obviously the holy practice (of polygamy) will commence again after the Second Coming of the Son of Man and the ushering in of the millennium.

No one can argue with a testimony, it is not a debatable issue. It is there to be accepted or rejected.

Every mortal birth is a heaven-given reminder to prepare for the second birth.

Woman's primary place is in the home, where she is to rear children and abide by the righteous counsel of her husband.

Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt

A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.

There are two kinds of perfect: The one you can never achieve, and the other, by just being yourself.

Send me out into another life. But get me back for supper.

Anyone who survives a southern childhood has enough material to last a lifetime.

I get a standing ovation just standing

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth

If you are the normal white American, truth is you don't understand being black in America, and you instinctively underestimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk.

The sower may mistake and sow his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line.

When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking.