The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls. We become more significant individuals as we serve others. We become more substantive as we serve others – indeed, it is easier to “find” ourselves because there is so much more of us to find!
The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance.
I am comforted by the assurance that there will be beautiful music in heaven, and for that I am most grateful.
Your faith will perform miracles, especially when you get your hands and feet involved.
Humility is royalty without a crown.
One of Satan’s sharpest tools is alcohol, for it blinds and deafens, numbs and manacles, impoverishes and maims, and kills unfortunate victims.
To be a mother is a woman’s greatest vocation in life. She is a partner with God. No being has a position of such power and influence. She holds in her hands the destiny of nations, for to her comes the responsibility and opportunity of molding the nation’s citizens.
One can hardly help another to the top of the hill without climbing there himself.
Let no family go into eternity without having left their memoirs for their children, their grandchildren, and their posterity.
If we live in such a way that the considerations of eternity press upon us, we will make better decisions.
We must lengthen our stride and must do it now because we over ate and feel fat.
No amount of rationalizing can change God’s laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.
What relief! What comfort! What joy! Those laden with transgressions and sorrows and sin may be forgiven and cleansed and purified if they will return to their Lord, learn of him, and keep his commandments.
I believe that the telephone and telegraph and other such conveniences were permitted by the Lord to be developed for the express purpose of building the kingdom. Others may use them for business, professional or other purposes, but basically they are to build the kingdom.
The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls.
In the kingdom, the greater our responsibilities, the greater is our need to see ourselves as servants.
Working toward perfection is not a one time decision but a process to be pursued throughout one’s lifetime.
Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals.
Music can act upon our senses to produce or induce feelings of reverence, humility, fervor, assurance, or other feelings attuned to the spirit of worship.
We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.