In order to do well, missionary work has to be totally positive.

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility.

As a young man, I lived through the Great Depression, when banks failed and so many lost their jobs and homes and went hungry. I was fortunate to have a job at a canning factory that paid 25 cents an hour.

Each temple building is an inspiration, magnificent and beautiful in every way, but the temple building alone does not bless. The endowed blessings and divine functions—come through obedience and faithfulness to priesthood authority and covenants made.

Making a wrong choice early may limit making the right choice later.

We acquire a testimony of the principles of the gospel by obediently trying to live them.

One of the main problems in families today is that we spend less and less time together.... Time together is precious time-time needed to talk, to listen, to encourage, and to show how to do things.