The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.

Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next.

I hope we can be happy where we are, be grateful for our blessings-now-here, accept the challenge that is ours and make the most of it, and don't be envious of others. God help us to be grateful.

Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence.

Be guided by the Spirit. I have said so many times to my Brethren that the Spirit is the most important single element in this work. With the Spirit, and by magnifying your call, you can do miracles for the Lord in the mission field. Without the Spirit you will never succeed regardless of your talent and ability.

The temple will be an ever-present reminder that God intended the family to be eternal.

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.