You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.
A father’s calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.
Every Latter-day Saint should make the study of this book a lifetime pursuit. Otherwise, he is placing his soul in jeopardy and neglecting that which could give spiritual and intellectual unity to his whole life.
I promise you that, with increased attendance in the temples of our God, you shall receive increased personal revelation to bless your life as you bless those who have died.
The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.
Let us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through home production and storage, but others as well.
The greatest test of life is obedience to God.
A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially it is to be preferred to the appearance of riches, aquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for 2 months.
I hope we can be happy where we are, be grateful for our blessings-now-here, accept the challenge that is ours and make the most of it, and don’t be envious of others. God help us to be grateful.
No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist or support programs leading in that direction. These evil philosophies are incompatible with Mormonism, the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
This nation was established by the God of heaven as a citadel of liberty. A Constitution guaranteeing those liberties was designed under the superintending influence of heaven.
Nothing will surprise us more than when we get to heaven and see the Father and realize how well we know Him and how familiar His face is to us.
Be cheerful in all that you do. Live joyfully. Live happily.
Without Christ there would be no Christmas and without Christ there can be no fulness of JOY.
From the Book of Mormon we learn how disciples of Christ live in times of war.
Have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year.
Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. ‘How everything affects me’ is the center of all that matters-self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.
Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion.
Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.
We must ever keep in mind that collectivized socialism is part of the communist strategy. Communism is fundamentally socialism. We will never win our fight against communism by making concessions to socialism.