They who get off on tangents and ride hobby horses to death are they who become fanatic. Let them understand that they must be tolerant of others faults but never accept as justifiable their own.
The essence of the miracle of forgiveness is that it brings peace to the previously anxious, restless, frustrated, perhaps tormented soul.
Impoverished is the life fenced in with few friends.
Always keep good company. Never waste an hour with anyone who doesn’t lift you up and encourage you.
Home life, home teaching, parental guidance is the panacea for all the ailments, a cure for all diseases, a remedy for all problems.
We can make our houses homes and our homes heavens.
If we live in such a way that the considerations of eternity press upon us, we will make better decisions. Perhaps this is why President Brigham Young once said that if he could do but one thing to bless the Saints, he believed it would be to give them eyes with which to see things as they are.
The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power.
O timid one, awaken, exert yourself, draw back the curtains your training and background have hung over the windows of your soul.
Above all, I declare that Jesus Christ is the center of our faith; I testify to you that he lives. He leads his Church today; he hears our prayers when we humbly, earnestly, unceasingly seek to know his will, making this, too, a day of miracles and of revelation.
I ask you, what good is a big picture window and the lavish appointments and a priceless decor in a home if there is no mother there?
The more we are guided by eternal considerations in our conduct, the better we will manage our mortality.
My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.
There is never a day in any mans life when repentance is not essential to his well being in eternal progress.
To hold a testimony, one must bear it often and live worthy of it.
Of all treasures of knowledge, the most vital is the knowledge of God, his existence, powers, love, and promises.
Young men do not usually become inactive in the Church because they are given too many significant things to do.
Any excuse for non-performance, no matter how valid, weakens character.
If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth.
Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. We could refer to all the components of personal and family preparedness, not in relation to holocaust or disaster, but in cultivating a life-style that is on a day-to-day basis its own reward.