When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, ‚What sign do I want to give to God?‘ That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on.

I cannot read a single word of the Hindoos without being elevated.

People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don’t. I feel that it’s quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees have souls as well.

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

When I’m a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It’s somebody else up there, an actor playing a role. I keep myself out of it.

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

It creeps me out sometimes to think of the person I was. I was a terrible person. I was mean to people.

Perhaps I can say that I am a bit astute, that I can adapt to circumstances, but it is also true that I am a bit naive. Yes, but the best summary, the one that comes more from the inside and I feel most true is this: I am a sinner whom the Lord has looked upon.

Some people can just let things go, but I can’t, especially if there’s something that worries me or makes me sad.

I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, ‚I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior’s power to bless others.‘

The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

When in doubt tell the truth.

Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God’s promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

When we speak of faith – the faith that can move mountains – we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can’t be wrong whose life is in the right.

Nothing reflects so much honor on a workman as a trial of his work and its endurance of it. So it is with God. It honors Him when His saints preserve their integrity.

When you’re in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There’s also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

The Lord has often chosen to instruct His people in their times of trial.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

I think that, ah, I’m a very goofy sort of person in many ways.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

The die is cast.

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We’ve been so busy damning ourselves for years. We’ve done it all, and yet we don’t take credit for it.

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that’s it.

The self is hateful.

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you’ve got all the answers, then don’t call what you do ‚faith.‘

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

Life is a matter of really tough choices.

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‚I love you.‘

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

Death surrenders us totally to God: it makes us enter into him; we must, in return, surrender ourselves to death with absolute love and self-abandonment since, when death comes, all we can do is to surrender ourselves completely to the domination and guidance of God.

It doesn’t matter who likes you or doesn’t like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘

He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.

God never promised us a trouble-free life.

If I have the chance to say something, I will say it – but that doesn’t obligate me to always say something, or to shed light on every problem, as if I were a lawmaker.

It’s hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I’ve learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne’er loved them.

Religion is just mind control.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.

I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.