But even considering these, I have great confidence in our young people as a whole. I regard you as the finest generation in the history of the Church. I compliment you, and I have in my heart a great feeling of love and respect and appreciation for you.

When I say do your best, I mean your very best. You are capable of so much more.

Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.

You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.

Truly, my dear young friends, you are a chosen generation. I hope you will never forget it. I hope you will never take it for granted. I hope there will grow in your hearts an overpowering sense of gratitude to God, who has made it possible for you to come upon the earth in this marvelous season of the world's history.

When I was a missionary in London fifty years ago, my companion and I would shake hands in the morning and say to one another, 'Life is good'. Life in the service of the Lord is good. It is beautiful. It is rewarding.