Some things that are true are not very useful.

There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.

Keep the fire of your testimony of the restored gospel and your witness of our Redeemer burning so brightly that our children can warm their hands by the fire of your faith.

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.

A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.

Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

One of the adversary's sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.

Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and THEN to their children.

One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.

Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.

Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the atonement of Jesus Christ.

If there is anything the devil will want to keep you from having, it is knowledge.

So we may use our books to form a barricade against the world, interweaving their words with our own to ward off the heat of the day.

I hate change more than almost anything.

It's only natural for people to fall, but there are people who, even if they fall, jump right back up right away and run forward, and there are people who just keep sitting there, crying.

In healthy churches, the pastors life, not just his words, sets the tone for the church.

Skeptics are never deceived.

Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.

Justice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately".

Perhaps the earth can teach us As when everything seems dead And later proves to be alive

It's pain that changes our lives.