Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation

However common irreverence and profanity become, they are nonetheless wrong

The Lord will bless us as we attend to the sacred ordinance work of the temples. Blessings there will not be limited to our temple service. We will be blessed in all of our affairs.

A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.

The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.

I counsel our children to do their critical studying in the early hours of the morning when they're fresh and alert, rather than to fight physical weariness and mental exhaustion at night. I've learned the power of the dictum, "Early to bed, early to rise." When I'm under pressure, you won't find me burning the midnight oil. I'd much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.

The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target