Real character is formed in the midst of the battles of the soul.

If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition.

I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced him as the 'Will Rogers' of the Church, and told the congregation that he was a great humorist. When he got up he said, 'You know, I think the Lord himself likes a joke. If he didn't, he wouldn't have made some of you folks!

Real character is formed in the midst of the battles of the soul.

Sometimes during solitude I hear truth spoken with clarity and freshness; uncolored and untranslated it speaks from within myself in a language original but inarticulate, heard only with the soul, and I realize I brought it with me, was never taught it nor can I efficiently teach it to another.

The law of the harvest is inexorable (impossible to stop or prevent) . As we sow, so shall we reap.

Notable characters do not alone bear trouble; they use it.