In the Lord's service the path is not always easy... But in serving Him, we discover that His hand is truly over us.

We become converted and spiritually self-reliant as we prayerfully live our covenants-through worthily partaking of the sacrament, being worthy of a temple recommend, and sacrificing to serve others.

Every one of us is more beloved than we can possibly understand or imagine. Let us therefore be kinder to one another and kinder to ourselves.

How we live our religion is far more important than what we may say about our religion.

When we want to speak to God, we pray. And when we want Him to speak to us, we search the scriptures.

It is not how you start the race or where you are during the race-it is how you cross the finish line that will matter.

What is the definition of a friend? Friends are people who make it easier to live the gospel of Jesus Christ.

To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments and enduring to the end.

As we follow [the Savior], He blesses us with gifts, talents, and the strength to do His will, allowing us to go beyond our comfort zones and do things we’ve never before thought possible.

We were not sent by Father in Heaven just to be born. We were sent to endure and return to Him with honor.

Obedience makes us progressively stronger, capable of faithfully enduring tests and trials in the future. Obedience in Gethsemane prepared the Savior to obey and endure to the end on Golgotha.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

I'm a blue-shirt guy.

There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you're not a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that.

When you adapt a book, you really have to cut it to the essence.

People will always make comparisons.

I'm not a purist. I'm not impure enough to be a purist.

I'm one of those people that I make a song... then I write another song and then I'm like, 'But this song is so much better than this song,' and then I kind of ditch that song. It's a long process.

Whenever a man reaches the top of the political ladder, his enemies unite to pull him down. His friends become critical and exacting.

And he had a nice home in Ohio with wife, daughter, Christmas tree, two cars, garage, lawn, lawnmower, but he couldn't enjoy any of it because he really wasn't free. It was sadly true.

Even listening to a lot of other music inspires me, too. Like I'll find something and be like, "I love this group!" And I want to write something that's kind of like this.