You cannot lift others to virtue on the one hand if you are entertaining vice on the other.

Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression.

The gifts of the Holy Spirit are testimony, faith, knowledge, wisdom, revelations, miracles, healing, and charity, to name but a few.

Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard.

We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their compassion, and who can consistently overcome temptations. We need strong Christians who can make important things happen by their faith and who can defend the truth of Jesus Christ against moral relativism and militant atheism. What is the source of such moral and spiritual power, and how do we obtain it? The source is God. Our access to that power is through our covenants with Him.

As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we must be men that women can trust, that children can trust, and that God can trust.

The work of our missionaries is a magnificent expression of the Lord's redeeming love.