Something happens inside of us when we are courteous and deferential toward others. It is all part of a refining process, which if persisted in, will change our very natures.
Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive.
Let us all try to stand a little taller, rise a little higher, be a little better. Make the extra effort. You will be happier.
It is selfishness which is the cause of most of our misery.
I too believe that God will always make a way where there is no way. I believe that if we will walk in obedience to the commandments of God, if we will follow the counsel of the priesthood, he will open a way even where there appears to be no way.
When there throbs in the heart of an individual Latter-day Saint a great and vital testimony of the truth of this work, he will be found doing is duty in the Church.
The trick, my brethren and sisters is to enjoy the journey, traveling hand in hand, in sunshine and storm, as companions who love one another.
Believe in the power of prayer – it is real, it is wonderful, it is tremendous.
How thankful I am, how thankful we all must be, for the women in our lives. God bless them. May His great love distill upon them and crown them with luster and beauty, grace and faith.
Do not let fear overcome your efforts.
Let thy spirit move upon him to bring to pass those measures which will lift the burdens of government from the backs of the people and keep this nation, under God, a citadel of freedom standing as an example to all the world.
It was a very limited practice; carefully safeguarded. In 1890, that practice was discontinued.
Polygamists have no connection with us whatsoever. They don’t belong to the church. There are actually no Mormon fundamentalists.
I condemn polygamy, yes, as a practice, because I think it is not doctrinal. It is not legal. And this church takes the position that we will abide by the law.
Walk by faith. God will open the way. When there is no way, He will open the way.
A tattoo is graffiti on the temple of the body.
Let us take a little time to meditate, to think of what we can do to improve our lives and to become better examples of what a Latter-day Saint should be.
Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.
Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion.
Be strong-be strong in the discipline of self. How many otherwise good men squander their strength and dissipate their will and literally destroy their lives because they have not the power of self-discipline.