We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.

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.

Smartass Disciple: If you are really a master, then make me see miracles!Master of Stupidity: Go to sleep and dream, then wake up thirty years later!

All of fiction is truthful. What you create is your own truth and no one can take that away or change it.

Experience is not a means to realize the truth. Experience is the truth.

Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable and often impossible.

If there is such a thing as sin in this world, I think it must be shutting oneself up against hope.

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun.

I like to be surprised by life.

In post modern culture, people not only have their own views, they think they are entitled to their own facts.

I don't do anything to try to change people's perceptions of me. I tend to think that's sort of an ego driven thing.