Our fathers and ourselves sowed dragon's teeth. Our children know and suffer the armed men.
The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
The most important of all the commandments of God is that one that you are having the most difficulty keeping today.
The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home.
A truth of the gospel is not a truth until you live it. You do not really believe in tithing until you pay it. The word of wisdom to you is not a truth of the gospel until you keep it. The Sabbath day is not a holy day unless you observe it. . . . A friend is not a friend unless you defend him.
If you are to be successful. . . you will need to be inspired. You will need to receive revelation. I will give you one piece of advice: Go to bed early and get up early. If you do, your body and mind will become rested and then in the quiet of those early morning hours, you will receive more flashes of inspiration and insight than at any other time of the day.
You cannot lift another soul until you are standing on higher ground than he is. You cannot light a fire in another soul unless it is burning in your own soul.
Home is wherever I am. People make too big a deal about where you live. I try to be grounded in myself. Home is another way of saying 'a place where you keep all your stuff'.
Shut up,' he explained.
My life is a dot lost among thousands of other dots.
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed.