Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.

If a man has the assurance within his own heart that he is worthy, and that he is laboring to the best of his ability to do good, he can stand up under the condemnation, the criticism and the censure of those by whom he is surrounded.

I do not believe we accomplish very much in life unless we are enthusiastic, unless we are in earnest, and unless we practice what we preach.

Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.

I am always pleased when I have the opportunity of meeting with the Latter-day Saints in any of their gatherings.

I consider it one of the greatest accomplishments of my life that I have learned to sing.