I know of no better answer to the foul practices that confront our young people than the teachings of a mother, given in love with an unmistakable warning.

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

Father forgive us, for we do not what we know.

There are others whose lives are blessed when a missionary serves, such as the members of his family who support him, pray for him, and try to live worthy of him.

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.

Though my work may be menial, though my contribution may be small, I can perform it with dignity and offer it with unselfishness. My talents may not be great, but I can use them to bless the lives of others.... The goodness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts.

I don't know how to get anything done except getting on my knees and pleading for help and then getting on my feet and going to work.