Ordinances and covenants become our credentials for admission into His presence. To worthily receive them is the quest of a lifetime; to keep them thereafter is the challenge of mortality.

There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.

Keep the fire of your testimony of the restored gospel and your witness of our Redeemer burning so brightly that our children can warm their hands by the fire of your faith.

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.

A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.

Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

One of the adversary's sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.

Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and THEN to their children.

One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.

Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.

Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the atonement of Jesus Christ.

I need coffee to deal with this, and I’m not getting decaf.

The one thing I always do is I always brush my teeth before I play. I don't know why.

Heartbeat, why do you skip when my baby's lips meet mine?

On a film set, we're all glorified troubleshooters, really, as directors. It's not if a problem arises. It's when.

Wildness is not just the "preservation of the world," it is the world

I don't have anything else to prove.

Since James Madison day (and long before), there have been constant struggles over "democratic governance".

Personally I have always liked boys, but if it's a girl, marvelous, because I was raised among women.

There are some things that cannot be expressed through words. And that is why we dance.

I love films that don't end when they end, that go on in your head a couple of days later.