The greatest waste in all the world is living below our potential.

The most important of all the commandments of God is that one that you are having the most difficulty keeping today.

The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home.

Stay true in the dark, and humble in the spotlight.

You cannot lift another soul until you are standing on higher ground than he is. You cannot light a fire in another soul unless it is burning in your own soul.

Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you, but what happens inside of you.

The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of delaying too long before putting the fruit in the Jell-O so it's too firm and the chunks just sit on top.

You, our youth of today, are among the most illustrious spirits to be born into mortality in any age of the world. Yours is a noble heritage and a wonderful opportunity.

The most effective preaching of the gospel is when it is accompanied by beautiful, appropriate music.

You must learn to walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness; then the light will appear and show the way before you.

Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing them.

Stay strong in spirit, be patient and you will overcome any situation.

When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar picture but, instead, that it stimulates my thinking and intrigues me.

If you love a book you tend not to follow its surface value, you follow the other things in it.

Administering another country is always a very tricky proposition.

I held Nefertiti's body closer to mine, trying to press her spirit into me, to bring it back. But the reign of Nefertiti was finished. She was gone from Egypt.

Radical isn't about how high you jump in a worship service, its about how you walk when you come down.

Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled and observe the route that your attention follows.

It's through our expenses that we become richer or poorer, regardless of how much money we make.

I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could perform what I wrote.

I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.