Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.

To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character.

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.

Leadership is about three-fourths show-the-way and about one-fourth follow-up.

In addition to temples, surely another holy place on earth ought to be our homes. The feelings of holiness in my home prepared me for feelings of holiness in the temple.

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

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