David O. McKay 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!

David O. McKay

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I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.

Said Sayrafiezadeh
- Myself
- Feel
- One Word
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.

Saint Teresa of Avila
- Soul
- Single
- Heaven
I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.

Feist
- Good
- American
- War
All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.

Otto Weininger
- Genius
- Chaos
- Mystery
Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.

H. P. Lovecraft
- Great
- Long
- Down
When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.

Pat Metheny
- Great
- Writing
- You