We must each walk through life on our own, but we don't have to do it alone. God wants a powerful people. He gives His power to those who are faithful. We have a sacred obligation to seek after the power of God and then to use that power as He directs. And when we have the power of God with us, nothing is impossible.

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.

Look to the Lord and not to the world for your ideas and ideals about men and women.

We don't really know what we believe in or care about until what we believe in or care about is threatened, challenged, or measured.

True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.

I can't imagine pain greater than stepping across the veil and realizing I had not done what I came here to do - or realizing that I had given up my life to little or nothing, only then to find that it was gone. p 3

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family. You were born to lead as priesthood and auxiliary leaders, as heads of communities, companies, and even nations. You were born to lead as men and women willing 'to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places' because that's what a true leader does.