A marvelous thing it would be to stand with confidence, unafraid, unashamed, and unembarrassed in the presence of God.

Believe in the power of prayer - it is real, it is wonderful, it is tremendous.

None of you need worry because you read something that was incompletely reported. You need not worry that I do not understand some matters of doctrine... I think I understand them thoroughly.

You must ask for God's help. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.

A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes. If you want to reform a nation you begin with families.

You have as great an opportunity for satisfaction in the performance of your duty as I do in mine. The progress of this work will be determined by our joint efforts. Whatever your calling, it is as fraught with the same kind of opportunity to accomplish good as is mine. What is really important is that this is the work of the Master. Our work is to go about doing good as did He.

Bind to you friends of your own kind, friends who will encourage you, stand with you, live as you desire to live, who will enjoy the same kind of entertainment, and who will resist the evil that you determine to resist.