Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

God is the designer of the family.

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

If we live by the principles of the gospel, we must be good people, for we will be generous and kind, thoughtful and tolerant, helpful and outreaching to those in distress. We can either subdue the divine nature and hide it so that it finds no expression in our lives, or we can bring it to the front and let it shine through all that we do.

At this time of Christmas, this season when gifts are given, let us not forget that God gave His Son, and His Son gave His life, that each of us might have the gift of eternal life.

Christmas is more than trees and twinkling lights, more than toys and gifts and baubles of a hundred varieties. It is love. It is the love of the Son of God for all mankind. It is magnificent and beautiful.

In our old age my beloved companion said to me quietly one evening, "You have always given me wings to fly, and I have loved you for it.