Being happily and successfully married is generally not so much a matter of marrying the right person as it is being the right person.

The atonement of Jesus Christ is the supreme act of love, the supreme example of selfless concern for others.

Surely taking the gospel to every kindred, tongue, and people is the single greatest responsibility we have in mortality. ... We have been privileged to be born in these last days, as opposed to some earlier dispensation, to help take the gospel to all the earth

Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.

God's chief way of acting is by persuasion and patience and long-suffering, not by coercion and stark confrontation. He acts by gentle solicitation and by sweet enticement. He always acts with unfailing respect for the freedom and independence that we possess.

Those who are filled with the love of Christ do not seek to force others to do better, they inspire others to do better.

That which is worth while is seldom easy.