The poorest shack in which love prevails over a united family is of greater value to God and future humanity than any other riches. In such a home God can work miracles and will work miracles.

In homes where high ideals and gospel values are maintained, it is parents, not teachers, who lay the foundation of character and faith in the hearts of their children.

Decide to believe in God, who created you. Decide to believe in yourself, that you truly can reach goals—your goals

It is the sensitive people in any organization that become aware of the need to discover the acceptable "middle" ground between "profit only" and "people only" and act accordingly.

The depressed person is mired in the past

I always try to describe the situation just as it is. I try to find sentences that I believe tell the story best. Even my articles are more literary than ordinary news stories.

I have filled 3 Mead notebooks trying to figure out whether it was Them or Just Me.

I love my brother, I love my dad, actually love my mother as well, hope that's ok. And I admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions they had to make.

A flower won't open if I yell at it and say “Bloom!

My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.

Gratitude gives birth to gratitude and ingratitude creates more ingratitude.

Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.

Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous.