The thirst for education that comes with the change the gospel brings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on our motives.

Hard as things seem today, they will be better in the next day if you choose to serve the Lord this day with your whole heart.

The greatest joys and the greatest sorrows we experience are in family relationships. The joys come from putting the welfare of others above our own. That is what love is. And the sorrow comes primarily from selfishness, which is the absence of love. The ideal God holds for us is to form families in the way most likely to lead to happiness and away from sorrow.

You can be a great model, an average one, or a bad model. You may think it doesn't matter to you, but it does to the Lord.

The ideal God holds for us is to form families in the way most likely to lead to happiness and away from sorrow.

I have learned over the years that the strength in a quorum doesn't come from the number of priesthood holders in it. Nor does it come automatically from the age and maturity of the members. Rather, the strength of a quorum comes in large measure from how completely its members are united in righteousness. That unity in a strong quorum of the priesthood is not like anything I have experienced in an athletic team or club or any other organization in the world.

Studying the daily news can appear more interesting than the priesthood lesson manual. Sitting down to rest can be more attractive than making appointments to visit those who need our priesthood service.