The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.

The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.

Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.

Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.

If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.

I want to speak to the dream in your heart. That dream that has taken a backseat as you have strived to live up to something different.

We owe our law enforcement officers the highest respect.

You have to modernise you have to change - you can't just be traditional for the fun of being traditional.

If you can't meditate in a boiler room, you can't meditate.

We are out of the ditch, we're standing, we're walking, but we're not running. I want to grow the economy.

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

It used to be that a movie star would have a 20-year career. Now if you get three to five years, you're lucky.

It does irritate me when I am described as a controversialist and commentator on Israel.

I find Mormons adorable. I love Disneyland and old musicals, and, to me, Mormonism fits right in with all of that.