In terms of you happiness, in terms of the matters that make you proud or sad, nothing-I repeat, nothing-will have so profound an effect on you as the way your children turn out. You will either rejoice and boast of their accomplishments or you will weep, head in hands, bereft and forlorn, if they become a disappointment or an embarrassment to you.

There is no greater blessing that you can have than to stand as a proxy in a great service to those who have gone beyond. And it will be your privilege and your opportunity and your responsibility to live worthy to go to the temple of the Lord and be baptized in behalf of someone else.

We live in a society that feeds on criticism. It is so easy to find fault, and to resist doing so requires much discipline.

People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.

You must ask for God's help. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.

Death is not the end, but a more glorified existence.

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.