Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this time of challenges and who overcome will one day be praised for their stamina by those who pulled handcarts.

Consecration thus constitutes the only unconditional surrender which is also a total victory!

It is not the years but the changes that make us grow.

The cumulative weight of all mortal sins--past, present, and future--pressed upon that perfect, sinless, and sensitive Soul! All our infirmities and sicknesses were somehow, too, a part of the awful arithmetic of the Atonement. (See Alma 7:11-12; Isa. 53:3-5; Matt. 8:17.) The anguished Jesus not only pled with the Father that the hour and cup might pass from Him, but with this relevant citation. 'And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me.' (Mark 14:35-36.)

Our God does not indulge us, but He is merciful toward our weaknesses as He strives to tutor us.

Those who do too much for their children will soon find they can do nothing with their children. So many children have been so much done for they are almost done in.

If the kingdom of God is not first, it doesn't matter what's second.