I have been taught that we can make many choices in life, but we cannot choose our final destiny. Our actions do that.

Marriage provides an ideal setting for overcoming any tendency to be selfish or self-centered. I think one of the reasons that we are counseled to get married early in life is to avoid developing inappropriate character traits that are hard to change.

Can you hang in there with your investigators when things get going tough? Don't give up on investigators because they have a little weakness. Work with them until the Holy Ghost tells you not to.

Every time you make the right choice in the face of potential criticism you build strength that makes choosing the right easier the next time. When you make it clear that you will not vary from your standards, you will be led to individuals like yourself and the criticism from others will become less intense.

If you want to talk to God, pray. If you want him to talk to you, read your scriptures.

To be humble is to be teachable.

Trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more.