In the service of the Lord, it is not where you serve but how. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one takes the place to which one is duly called, which place one neither seeks nor declines.

Giving consistent effort in the little things in day-to-day life leads to true greatness. Specifically, it is the thousands of little deeds and tasks of service and sacrifice that constitute the giving or losing of one's life for others and for the Lord. They include gaining a knowledge of our Father in Heaven and of the gospel. They also include bringing others into the faith and fellowship of his kingdom. These things do not usually receive the attention or the adulation of the world.... .

The girl who chooses to be modest, chooses to be respected.

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

We need to remember that though we make our friends, God has made our neighbors – everywhere. Love should have no boundary; we should have no narrow loyalties.

Tender expressions of love and affection toward children are as much the responsibility of the father as the mother. Tell your children you love them.

Faith is the element that builds the bridge in the absence of concrete evidence.