The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests.

People of integrity and honesty not only practice what they preach, they are what they preach.

If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that's enough. And, if tomorrow you are a little bit better than you were today, then that's enough.

A grateful person is rich in contentment. An ungrateful person suffers in the poverty of endless discontentment.

Ordinary people who faithfully, diligently, and consistently do simple things that are right before God will bring forth extraordinary results.

Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.

Pray and seek for strength to change our circumstances rather than praying for our circumstances to be changed

Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity.

To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.

I had wanted to compromise with Fate: to escape occasional great agonies by submitting to a whole life of privation and small pains.

You never really know something until you teach it to someone else.

Final Destination was the closest thing I've done to a teen movie but it certainly had an edge to it.

As in paradise, God walks in the Holy Scriptures, seeking man.

I don't fail. I succeed at finding out what doesn't work.

Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of me and other people who speak out.

Sun lighting a child's hair. A friend's embrace. Slow dancing in a safe and quiet place. The pleasures of an ordinary life.

Having a newborn you have to teach yourself what patience is or you'll go crazy.

A lot of people treat choosing their cofounder with even less importance than they put on hiring. Don't do this.

From the example of the past, the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future.