. . . as people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given.

Beer and other forms of alcohol will do you no good. Their use will be expensive, will dull your conscience, and could lead to the disease called alcoholism, which is humiliating, dangerous, and even deadly.

Within your sphere of responsibility you have as serious an obligation as do I within my sphere of responsibility. Each of us should be determined to build the kingdom of God on the earth and to further the work of righteousness.

Great has been our past, wonderful is our present, and glorious can be our future.

Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.

Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.

It is both revealing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book and mingle with the great of the earth, counsel with the wise of all time, look into the unlived days with prophets...To become acquainted with real nobility as it walks the pages of history and science and literature is to strengthen character and develop life in its finer meanings.