As we gain experience with the Holy Ghost, we learn that the intensity with which we feel the Spirit's influence is not always the same.

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.

Music is the building block for things yet to come.

No sooner do I conquer a bad habit than I become the biggest critic of anyone who still does what I just stopped doing.

If there ever was an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptown-on-the-Hudson called New York.

The world is perfect. As you question your mind, this becomes more and more obvious.

Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it.

Do no dishonor to the earth lest you dishonor the spirit of man.

We listen, we watch, we learn. We open our hearts and we open our minds, open our souls.

I think when you're younger you have a more black-and-white view of things. You're more exclusively dedicated.

Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized.

Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.