We continue to build temples. We desire that as many members as possible have an opportunity to attend the temple without having to travel inordinate distances.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save

Leadership is the ability to make things happen.

If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

Mental effort, I would argue, is relatively rare. Most of the time we coast.

Romance is a means to the end of self-completion, but love is an end in itself.

Prejudice: Sometimes it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing.

I'm Opera Singer. I can sing Brecht, Weil.

Those who have made unhappy marriages walk on stilts, while the happy ones are on a level with the crowd. No one sees 'em!

When you live alone, your furnishings, your possessions, are always confronting you with the thinness of your existence.