Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in. But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads.

I wonder which one YOU are.

I pragmatically turn my whims into principles!

May we incorporate into our own lives the divine principles which he [Joseph Smith] so beautifully taught by example, that we, ourselves, might live more completely the gospel of Jesus Christ. ... May our lives reflect the knowledge we have that God lives, that Jesus Christ is His son, that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that we are led today by another prophet of God - even President Gordon B. Hinckley.

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.

By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron who's got an idea how I ought to be! I don't need advice! Everyone can just stay out of my face!

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?