You must have the strength to discipline yourselves so that you can accomplish your goals and enhance your natural strengths. Habits of self-discipline formed while you are young will become part of the makeup of your character for the rest of your lives.
There need to be some absolutes in life.
Don’t take too much council from your fears.
This Christmas and every Christmas will be richer by sharing and enjoying gifts that cannot be held but only felt.
May we dedicate our lives to serving the Lord and not worry about offending the devil.
We must at times search our own souls and discover what we really are. Our real character, much as we would wish, cannot be hidden.
You cannot convert people beyond your own conversion.
Look at everything through the lens of eternity. If you will do this, life will take on a different perspective.
Adversity is the refiner’s fire that bends iron but tempers steel.
The saving principles and doctrines of the Church are established, fixed, and unchangeable.
Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. It is a fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. An honorable man or woman will personally commit to live up to certain self-imposed expectations. They need no outside check or control. They are honorable in their inner core.
We learn about tithing by paying it.
True disciples are those who go beyond simply believing. They act out their belief.
I would hope that we can load our moral computers with three elements of integrity: 1. Dealing justly with oneself. 2. Dealing justly with others. 3. Recognizing the law of the harvest.
Just as order gave life and beauty to the earth when it was dark and void, so it does to us. Obedience helps us develop the full potential Heavenly Father desires for us in becoming celestial beings worthy some day to live in His presence.
As a young man, I lived through the Great Depression, when banks failed and so many lost their jobs and homes and went hungry. I was fortunate to have a job at a canning factory that paid 25 cents an hour.
I encourage our Saints all over the world, wherever possible, to strive to stand more often in holy places.
The temple was a place of learning for the Savior when He was on the earth; it was very much a part of His life. Temple blessings are available once again in our day.
A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.
None of us knows the wisdom of the Lord. We do not know in advance exactly how He would get us from where we are to where we need to be, but He does offer us broad outlines in our patriarchal blessings. We encounter many bumps, bends, and forks in the road of life that leads to the eternities.