No achievement can be higher than that of working in harmony with other nations so that the lash of war may be lifted from our backs and a peace of lasting friendship descend upon us.

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph.

Triumphant science and technology are only at the threshold of man's command over sources of energy so stupendous that, if used for military purposes, they can wipe out our entire civilization.

There is no greater responsibility resting upon peoples and governments everywhere than to make sure that enduring peace will this time - at long last - be established and maintained.

I fully realize that the new organization is a human rather than a perfect instrumentality for the attainment of its great objective. As time goes on it will, I am sure, be improved.

That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in that direction.

To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it a will and a determination to make it work.

In most gardens they make the beds too soft – so that the flowers are always asleep.

Success is a lifestyle.

A person who takes a concrete place and convert it into a garden of flowers is a real magician!

I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.

I appreciate America for all the opportunities it's afforded me.

If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.

The Savior warns that if we start along the path and go far enough and then fail and deny Him, it would have been better if we had never begun.

If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.

Plants are like people: they're all different and a little bit strange.