No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.

I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them. Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.

The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.

Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.

Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.

Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.

It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.