Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

It’s true, isn’t it? Then what else really matters?

I am so profoundly grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ, for a testimony of the Atonement of the Savior. I believe in it with all my heart, and I live for it, and I bear witness of it this day. Of all of the events of human history, none other approaches the Atonement of the Savior in its meaning and in its results. God be thanked for the gift of His precious Son, to whom we all owe thanks for His sacrifice in our behalf.

Nobody is lost until somebody has given up.

Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.

Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.

In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.