The more we focus on the things we don’t have, the more unhappy and more resentful we become.

Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of the pathway of discipleship. It comforts, counsels, cures, and consoles. It leads us through valleys of darkness and through the veil of death. In the end love leads us to the glory and grandeur of eternal life.

Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself.

I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with many wonderful people from many walks of life. I have known rich and poor, famous and modest, wise and otherwise.

Note that charity is given only to those who seek it, only to those who earnestly pray for it, only to those who are disciples of Christ. Before we can be filled with this pure love, we must start at the beginning with the first principle of the gospel. We must have "first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ."

Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen.