Just as He had done with David, Samuel, and Joseph of the Old Testament, God took an innocent, unlearned boy, one still unsullied by the world and pliable to His divine will, and molded and shaped him into His chosen prophet.

All of us must come to an honest, open self-examination, an awareness within as to who and what we want to be.

All the marvels of nature are glimpses of His divine power and expressions of His love.

A mother's nurturing love arouses in children, from their earliest days on earth, an awakening of the memories of love and goodness they experience in their premortal existence, Because our mothers love us, we learn, or more accurately remember, that God also loves us

Free and open expression coupled with visionary leadership generally encourages good decision-making.

The Lord needs women who will step forward in righteousness and say, 'Here am I, send me.'

When you understand the Atonement, then you understand the joy of being rescued.