We make the Sabbath a delight when we teach the gospel to our children.

I did stand-up for my grandparents every day when I was, like, eight.

Allah’s the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you’re a Christian you’ve got to dress bad, wear an old color, not do anything to your hair, have nothing. It’s no wonder that Christianity is not very attractive. I mean, how many people do you know in a Western culture that’s going to go, ‚Yeah, give me some of that?‘

I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries – the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.

Jesus is a divine guest inside of you all the time – one who loves, understands, sees and hears you. He wants to live in oneness with you… to be the centerpiece of everything you do.

My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself.

I don’t have freedom in the United States to go into a public school and preach the Gospel, nor is a student free in a public school to pray, or a teacher free to read the Bible publicly to the students. At the same time, we have a great degree of freedom for which I am grateful.

My next baby will be my new record.

Sometimes you can’t prioritise family and you feel guilty.

The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate on a death bed. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

The difference between us and them, between you and success, is not that you never fail, but it’s how you recover from those failures – is that you keep getting up time and time again. You figure out what you did wrong, and then you make it right. I say that to my kids every day.

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

If you want to live in the fullness of God’s anointing, fill your mouth with His Word.

Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.

Real Christianity can be summed up in two commands: Love God, and love people.

If you’re working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that come from being flooded with television from age one, and associations have declined, people end up hopeless, even though they have every option.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.

Worshipping the Lord means giving Him the place that he must have; worshipping the Lord means stating, believing – not only by our words – that He alone truly guides our lives; worshipping the Lord means that we are convinced before Him that He is the only God, the God of our lives, the God of our history.

Brad and I have never wanted our kids to be actors, but we also want them to be around film and be a part of Mommy and Daddy’s life and for it not to be kept from them, either. We just want them to have a good, healthy relationship with it.

We’re not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.

We can’t form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

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

The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.

Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God.

We have not yet reached the goal but… we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.

It was a privilege to pray with Governor Romney – for his family and our country.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father’s head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

When I have a terrible need of – shall I say the word – religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

I believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I’ve been there.

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.

We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

My mother was a full-time mother. She didn’t have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences… everything was for her children. I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate. She was the most generous, loving – she’s better than me.

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

When I’m writing, I don’t feel neurotic. So it’s better for the family if I’m working.

We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulation. That’s why we have the gift of faith.

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

There’s no political point worth my son’s life.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

God looks after children, animals and idiots.

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin‘ wealthy.

The last thing the devil wants you to do is be an obedient Christian.

While the family is under attack throughout the world, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims, promotes, and protects the truth that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.

I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

Don’t judge other people. For example, if you want God’s anointing to be on you for parenting, you need to be careful not to criticize other parents.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.