As we look for humor, seek for the eternal perspective, understnd the principle of compensation, and draw near to our Heavenly Father, we can endure heardship and trial.

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best.

No matter our age, our circumstances, or abilities... Each one of us can create something remarkable with our lives.

As we come unto Christ and journey to higher ground, we will desire to spend more time in His temples, because the temples represent higher ground, sacred ground.

The way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.

Come what may and love it.

Kindness is the essence of greatness.

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.

Key statements made by latter-day prophets are not trite clichés. They are vital counsel to us from the Lord through his prophets. We should ponder and act upon such statements.

We can only be used by God after we allow Him to show us the deep, hidden areas of our own character.

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong than to be always right by having no ideas at all.

I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.

It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete.

I like California a lot more than New York these days.

Before you can be eccentric, you must know where the circle is.

All my stuff is pretty seamless - like now, while I'm touring [Yesterday I Sang The Blues], today I'm going to go in the studio, I'm writing my next one. For me it's continual.

Squareness is such a uniquely intellectual disease.

Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.

You need sucky things in life to make you stronger.