‎"We shouldn't wait to be happy until we reach some future point, only to discover that happiness was already available--all the time!

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.

You have food?" Winter scolded. "I thought you said you were hungry."I'm hungry for other things besides what I have, " [Clover] argued.

Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.

Until kids find something worth dying for, they don't have anything worth living for.

God’s wrath is his righteousness reacting against unrighteousness.

Endurance is the crowning quality.

Honestly, I have come to believe that everything is in the order it's in for a reason. I am happy with who I am today.

I answer not, and I return no more.

I went to Oxford University - but I've never let that hold me back.

The question becomes not just how to accumulate more, but how to covet less.

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.