Our agency, given us through the plan of our Father, is the great alternative to Satan's plan of force. With this sublime gift, we can grow, improve, progress, and seek perfection. Without agency, none of us could grow and develop by learning from our mistakes and errors and those of others.... I do not really think the devil can make us do anything. Certainly he can tempt and he can deceive, but he has no authority over us that we do not give him.

Almost every day brings opportunities to perform unselfish acts for others. Such acts are unlimited and can be as simple as a kind word, a helping hand, or a gracious smile.

The only way to acquire spiritual knowledge and keep It burning brightly is to be humble, prayerful, and to strive diligently to keep all of the commandments.

We must at times search our own souls and discover what we really are. Our real character, much as we would wish, cannot be hidden.

You want to make your own decisions, but you ought to make those decisions with an eternal perspective.

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity.

The saving principles and doctrines of the Church are established, fixed, and unchangeable.