True happiness is not made in getting something. True happiness is becoming something. This can be done by being committed to lofty goals. We cannot become something without commitment.

We are poor in character when we think getting by is a substitute for doing our best.

Still, small heavenly voices penetrate the heart with their gentle, convincing declarations… Most often, hope, encouragement, and direction come from a soft, piercing voice. Small voices are heard only by those who are willing to listen.

Do not allow yourselves to be made to feel inadequate or frustrated because you cannot do everything others seem to be accomplishing. Only you and your Father in Heaven know your needs, strengths, and desires. Around this knowledge your personal course must be charted and your choices made.

It is not so important whether a young man has been through the experience of a mission as it is whether the mission experience has been through him.

Resentment and anger are not good for the soul. They are foul things.

Difficulties can be a valuable tool in our pursuit of perfection. Adversity need have no necessary connection with failure.