We are not free to break our covenants and escape the consequences.

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.

The clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one.

The Seinfeld motto: No learning, no hugging.

Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

Perhaps no more beautiful passages have ever been written about the Savior's atonement and crucifixion than those written by Isaiah.

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.

literacy is at the heart of sustainable development

Natural play strengthens children's self-confidence and arouses their senses-their awareness of the world and all that moves in it, seen and unseen.

The mystery of the universe is not time but size.

The 12-step chocolate program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!

[On writing:] The most egotistic of occupations, and the most gratifying while it lasts.