The intensity of our desire to share the gospel is a great indicator of the extent of our personal conversion.

A good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection.

You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.

Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.

We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate for our inadequacies and repair our imperfections.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is the brightest light and the only hope for this darkened world.

Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.

Love is the most powerful force in the world.

Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.

Man's laws cannot make moral what God has declared immoral

The word sharing affirms that we have something extraordinarily valuable and desire to give it to others for their benefit and blessing.

You can never know about about your own destiny: are the people you meet there to play a part on your oun destiny, or do you exist just to play a role in theirs?

It's true. The storms won't last forever. The nasty weather will never last. There is always that light at the end of the tunnel.

Your hard journey has had a great purpose!

No one awakens in the morning thinking they will die that day. Not a saint or a sinner. Not even a condemned killer. We all know were mortal, and yet we all believe we'll live forever.

...it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.

It is far easier to explain to a three-year-old how babies are made than to explain the processes whereby bread or sugar appear on the table.

I never met a bitter person who was thankful. Or a thankful person who was bitter.

Given the books of a man, it is not difficult, I think, to detect therein the personality of the man, and the station in life to which he was born.

So I had this problem -- work or starve. So I thought I'd combine the two and decided to become a writer.

I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.