God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The flame of family can warm us and at the same time be a perpetual pilot light to rekindle us.

Men and Women of Christ magnify their callings without magnifying themselves.

Though we live in a failing world, we have not been sent here to fail.

Life is an 'open-book' exam, but the problem is that most of the students don't have the 'book', or refuse to open it-a fact that ought to spur us on as Church members to share the gospel more widely so that life would be meaningful for more people.

To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us. These learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference. Instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding.

Thus worshiping, serving, studying, praying, each in its own way squeezes selfishness out of us; pushes aside our preoccupations with the things of the world.