Thoughts that most frequently occupy the mind determine a man's course of action.

The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.

Man is responsible not only for every deed, but also for every idle word and thought.

President David O. McKay (1873-1970) observed that too many couples come to "marriage looking upon the marriage ceremony as the end of courtship instead of the beginning of an eternal courtship. ... Love can be starved to death as literally as the body that receives no sustenance. Love feeds upon kindness and courtesy"

A girl who sacrifices self-respect for social popularity debases true womanhood. A spotless character, founded upon the ability to say "no" in the presence of those who mock and jeer, wins the respect and love of men and women whose opinion is most worthwhile.

True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.

I repeat that no greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the Church, upon all citizens of this republic and of neighboring republics than to protect the freedom vouchsafed by the Constitution of the United States.