The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create.

Our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and move forward.

When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!

The heavens will not be filled with those who never made mistakes but with those who recognized that they were off course and who corrected their ways to get back in the light of gospel truth.

Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith.

It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.

You are stronger than you realize. You are more capable than you can imagine.

Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is not an effort of once a week or once a day. It is an effort of once and for all.

The perfect place to begin is exactly where you are right now.

Heaven is filled with those who have this in common: they are forgiven and they forgive.

Healing comes when we move away from the darkness and walk towards the light.

It is easier to begin well than to finish well.

It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes.

The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost.

The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.

Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.

In the end, what really matters? Only kindness. Only making somebody a little happier for your presence.

What I'm trying to do [in Winter Journal] is to tell the story of a man's life from birth, but there are different versions of him, four different versions.

The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.

The rain, it raineth every day.