The Naval Academy is a very prestigious place, and I choose to try it. I got there and darn near didn't pass, just about flunked out the first year, but a commandant by the name of Bush Bringle managed to call me in one day and taught me more about leadership in about 15 minutes than I have learned in the rest of my life. And because of Bush Bringle I regained some faith and confidence in myself, learning I had a little bit more in me than I thought, and I went back to work and finished.

A man may act as proxy for his own relatives; the ordinances of the Gospel which were laid out before the foundations of the world have thus been fulfilled by them, and we may be baptized for those whom we have much friendship for; but it must first be revealed to the man of God, lest we should run too far.

No, I am not afraid; the Lord said he would protect me, and I have full confidence in His word.

There were a lot of people who were willing to write a letter for me. Not because I was academically inclined, but because I worked hard.

Nature has no cure for this sort of madness, though I have known a legacy from a rich relative work wonders.

I should be the face of Samuel Smith Beer. That'd be great.

I didn't become successful until I became myself