Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage.

Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenges are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can extend over a long period of time, but they should not be allowed to become the confining center of everything you do.

Make a Goal Box, a chart of positive daily contact with a family when you are working with them.

When I marry, it will be to a faithful returned missionary in the Temple.

With the gift of the Holy Ghost comes the ability to develop a powerfully sensitive capacity to make the right choices. Cultivate that gift. As the Lord has said, that is accomplished by consistent, righteous living. As you enhance your capacity to sense the direction of that infallible influence, you will avoid disappointment, discouragement, and even tragedy.

You are making better progress than you realize.

It really does no good to ask questions that reflect opposition to the will of God. Rather ask, What am I to do?