Avoid alcohol as you would a loathsome disease. Beer will do to you what hard liquor will do. Each contains alcohol in varying amounts.

It is difficult to press forward if we do not know how to obey.

Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.

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

There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us to do something with our lives, and that He will give us help when help is sought.

In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how difficult circumstances may look at the moment, those who have faith and move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.

Polygamists have no connection with us whatsoever. They don't belong to the church. There are actually no Mormon fundamentalists.