We have the agency to choose which characteristics will define us; those choices are not thrust upon us.

President Lorenzo Snow declared that it is "the grand privilege of every Latter-day Saint . . . to have the manifestations of the spirit every day of our lives."

When we understand our relationship to God, we also understand our relationship to one another.

We need to remember the purpose of our service to one another. If it were only to accomplish some part of His work, God could dispatch 'legions of angels.' . . . But that would not achieve the purpose of the service He has prescribed. We serve God and our fellowmen in order to become the kind of children who can return to live with our heavenly parents.

Don't be dumb. (don't get a tattoo)

The Parliament in Canada and the Congress in Washington do not have the authority to revoke the commandments of God, or to modify or amend them in any way.

Loving-kindness is required, but a follower of Christ-just like the Master-will be firm in the truth.