Do not become so absorbed with trivial things that you miss learning the doctrine and teachings of the Lord.

Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.

Recognize the good in others, not their stains.

I witness that as you gain experience and success in being guided by the Spirit, your confidence in the impressions you feel can become more certain than your dependence on what you see or hear.

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.

Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage.

There are few things in life that bring as much joy as the joy that comes from assisting another improve his or her life.

Repentance is not punishment, it is the hope filled path to a more glorious future.

Stay on the Lord's side, and you will win every time.

If you want to talk to God, pray. If you want him to talk to you, read your scriptures.

A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that does not weaken with the passage of time.

I can't bear the thought that a man of lofty mind and heart begins with the ideal of the Madonna and ends with the ideal of Sodom.

I want everybody to think alike. I think everybody should be a machine.

I love Kelly Clarkson.

We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom we come in contact.

Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy.

Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.

You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it's going to be bad.

Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.

There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention.

O heresy in fair, fit for these days, A giving hand, though foul, shall have fair praise.