The true end of life is not mere existence, not pleasure, not fame, not wealth. The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God’s inspiration.
Choose your mate not alone for physical attraction, but for congenial and spiritual companionship.
Even a barn looks better when it’s painted.
No other success can compensate for failure in the home. The poorest shack in which love prevails over a united family is of greater value to God and future humanity than any other riches. In such a home God can work miracles and will work miracles.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
I’m going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to be kind.
Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.
There is no success which can compensate for the failure of the family.
Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.
True happiness comes only by making others happy.
The greatest work we will ever do will be within the walls of our home.
There should be no yelling in the home unless there is a fire.
Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.
True happiness comes only by making others happy – the practical application of the Savior’s doctrine of losing one’s life to gain it. In short, the Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit, that makes our hearts glow in brotherly love and friendship and prompts us to kind deeds of service.
Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.
Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.
We must not close our eyes to the fact that there are conspiring men who would pollute young boys, and girls of corresponding age, for sake of increasing profits.
Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.
True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.
I repeat that no greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the Church, upon all citizens of this republic and of neighboring republics than to protect the freedom vouchsafed by the Constitution of the United States.