Seek to share joy with others, or to make somebody else happy, and you will find your own soul radiant with the joy you wished for another.

Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls

The real test of any church or religion is the kind of men it makes.

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions.

The noblest calling in the world is motherhood. True motherhood is the most beautiful of all arts, the greatest of all professions. She who can paint a masterpiece, or who can write a book that will influence millions, deserve the plaudits and admiration of mankind; but she who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters whose immortal souls will exert influence throughout the ages long after paintings shall have faded, and books and statues shall have decayed or been destroyed, deserves the highest honor that man can give, and the choicest blessings of God.

Gossip bespeaks either a vacant mind or one that entertains jealousy or envy.

Teachings and ideologies subversive to the fundamental principles of this great Republic, which are contrary to the Constitution of the United States, or which are detrimental to the progress of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be condemned, whether advocated by Republicans or Democrats.