Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. . . . Peace comes through hope.

Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don’t give up even when others say, It can’t be done.

There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood.

You cannot become great women if you are not also good women. Great women respond generously to their instincts to do good.

Missionary work will never be what it might be without the help of the members. Stake presidents need to feel some responsibility and ownership of missionary work. The stake president is the one who has the presiding priesthood keys over both the members and non-members in his stake. The missionaries are his helpers.

The priesthood of God has become the eminent power for good in the world. We are no longer a handful of people on the fringes of society. This great power for good has been entrusted to us, and we must not weaken it by failing in our responsibilities.

There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus they bless.