While there may be thorns and disappointments, while there may be heartache, even heartbreak, there can be peace and comfort and strength from the Lord for those who follow Him.
Simple honesty is so remarkable a quality. It is of the very essence of Integrity.
Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future.
A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes. If you want to reform a nation you begin with families.
Most of the things that make you angry are of very small consequence. And what a terrible price you are paying for your anger.
Anger is the mother of a whole brood of evil actions. Divorce too often is the bitter fruit of anger.
There must be labor, incessant and constant, if there is to be a harvest.
Criticism is the seed of divorce, and it develops rebellion in our young.
Avoid alcohol as you would a loathsome disease. Beer will do to you what hard liquor will do. Each contains alcohol in varying amounts.
Beer and other forms of alcohol will do you no good. Their use will be expensive, will dull your conscience, and could lead to the disease called alcoholism, which is humiliating, dangerous, and even deadly...
In all this world there is no substitute for personal integrity. It includes honor. It includes performance. It includes keeping one’s word. It includes doing what is right regardless of the circumstances.
I wish for each of you a time, perhaps only an hour, spent in silent meditation and quiet reflection on the wonder and the majesty of this, the Son of God. Our joy at this season is because He came into the world.
One has neither independence nor freedom from bondage when he is obligated to others.
The best medicine for despair is service.
Christmas means ‘giving,’ and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind.
You never know how much good you do.
It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future.
You don’t need coffee. Nobody needs coffee. You can get along without it.
I almost stand in awe when I think of Joseph Smith. The angel appeared to him in 1823 – he said to this simple little boy, ‘Your name should be known for good and evil throughout the entire world.’
I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.