The more we are guided by eternal considerations in our conduct, the better we will manage our mortality.

Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures are replete with commands and promises and calls and rewards for teach the gospel. I use the word command deliberately for it seems to be an insistent directive from which we, singly and collectively, cannot escape...I wonder if we are doing all we can. Are we complacent in our approach to teaching all the world? We have been proselyting now 144 years. Are we prepared to lengthen our stride? To enlarge our vision?

I promise that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations. Each of us is important to those who are near and dear to us and as our posterity reads of our life's experiences, they, too, will come to know and love us. And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted.

Make certain decisions only once.

No government may remain strong by ignoring the commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai.

How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever?

What are we to fear when the Lord is with us? Can we not take the Lord at his word and exercise a particle of faith in him?