David O. McKay's Quotes

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

What you think about when you don't have to think, shows what you really are.

Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.

Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives.

There is a crying need today to have this truth heralded throughout the land that youth especially may appreciate and hold the freedom of the individual as sacred as did our revolutionary fathers.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.

Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.

I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they arise at 6:00 a.m., do some sort of exercise, eat breakfast and then sit down and produce words for a three to four hour period.

I've been a writer for 42 years and, yes, it is a full time job for me. Not a hobby, but serious work.

My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way.

To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only.

Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes.

I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what I just wrote and start a dialectical process where I begin challenging my own writing.