While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.

They climbed the ladder of learning only to find it leaning against the wrong wall.

God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but we are not. Each day, ours is the challenge to access the power of the Atonement so that we can truly change, become more Christlike, and qualify for the gift of exaltation and live eternally with God, Jesus Christ, and our families. For these powers, privileges, and gospel gifts, thanks be to God!

The Savior's way of life is good.

Keeping divine commandments brings blessings, every time! Breaking divine commandments brings a loss of blessings, every time!

Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.

I honor women who are not mothers. They know that motherhood is but one of the realms of womankind. The virtue and intelligence of women are uniquely applicable to other realms as well, such as compassionate service and teaching.