Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God. A consecrated life is filled with work, sometimes repetitive, sometimes menial, sometimes unappreciated but always work that improves, orders, sustains, lifts, ministers, aspires.

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

All of us can meet God's high expectations.

Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential.

A covenant is an agreement between God and man, an accord whose terms are set by God.

Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal justice system are the last desperate line of defense for a civilized society. Our increased reliance on laws to regulate behavior is a measure of how uncivilized we’ve become.

The greatest good we can do in helping others become what they can become will be to lead them to the Savior.