You cannot lift others to virtue on the one hand if you are entertaining vice on the other.

Whatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness.

True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to our highest destiny.

The greatest service we can provide to others in this life, beginning with those of our own family, is to bring them to Christ.

We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter where we are in the path of obedience.

The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ.

Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression.

Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential.

As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we must be men that women can trust, that children can trust, and that God can trust.

Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God.

A mother can exert an influence unequaled by any other person in any other relationship.

We made mistakes trying to correct mistakes. Isn't that how we knew we were parents?

Things do not need especialities to become special, just understand them as special and they will be.

There are no new stressful thoughts. They're all recycled.

That's wonderful, but my mind has been destroyed by alcohol.

I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.

Show my head to the people. It is worth seeing.

I got a mortgage at 17! I didn't even know you could get a mortgage at 17.

Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage

Money degrades all the gods of man and converts them into commodities.

Ads are carefully designed by the Madison Avenue frog-men of-the-mind for semiconscious exposure.