I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.

I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief… All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.

It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people.

If one has the answers to all the questions – that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

We’re all put on this earth to walk in His image, the Master.

Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.

You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord.

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.

Whether full-time missionaries or members, we should all be good examples of the believers in Jesus Christ.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

God always has patience.

Through fidelity, we situate ourselves and maintain ourselves in the hands of God so exactly as to become one with them in their action.

Right now, we don’t have a very good relation with creation.

Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

I still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seeing the Holy Spirit at work in hearts as the Gospel is carried into stadiums, across the airwaves, and around the world.

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Everywhere I go I find that people… both leaders and individuals… are asking one basic question, ‚Is there any hope for the future?‘ My answer is the same, ‚Yes, through Jesus Christ.‘

The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe.

God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the heaven in the hand, occasionally.

If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows – pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music… That would be so much cheaper than bombs.

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

I used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn’t want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.

Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

Gold was a gift to Jesus. If it’s good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me!

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,‘ he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. ‚Shake it off. Stop complainin‘. Stop grumblin‘. Stop cryin‘. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

I’m not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.