To gain the spiritual ascendancy over ourselves, and the influences with which we are surrounded, through a rigid course of self-discipline, is our first consideration, it is our first labor, before we can pave the way for our children to grow up without sin unto salvation.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.

I never cared but for one thing, and that is, simply to know that I am right before my Father in Heaven. If I am this moment, this day doing the things God requires of my hands, and precisely where my Father in Heaven wants me to be, I care no more about tomorrow than though it would never come.

There was a direct and positive association between cola consumption and the risk of high blood pressure, ... It was present in sugared cola and diet cola, and it was absolutely a surprise to us.

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.