Adaptability cushions the impact of change or disappointment.

When a mother asked her small child how he fell out of bed, he answered, "Because I wasn't in far enough." Let me just say in passing that it has been my experience that most people who fall out of the Church do so because they were not in far enough.

One who practices pure religion soon discovers it is more rewarding to lift a man up than to hold him down.

God's love for us is constant and will not diminish, but he cannot rescue us from the painful results that are caused by wrong choices.

Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended.

Adversity will surface in some form in every life. How we prepare for it, how we meet it, makes the difference. We can be broken by adversity, or we can become stronger. The final result is up to the individual'.

The gospel is one of harmony, unity, and agreement. It must be presented in love, and with glad tidings, by those who are calm.