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

Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul.

[Humility is:] Greatness in plain clothes

It is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom. . . . So often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving . . . help with mundane tasks, but what glorious consequences can flow . . . from small but deliberate deeds!

Failure to plan brings barrenness and sterility. Fate brushes man with its wings, but we make our own fate largely.

A mission is not just a casual thing-it is not an alternative program in the Church. Neither is a mission a matter of choice any more than tithing is a choice, any more than sacrament meeting is a choice, any more than the Word of Wisdom is a choice. Of course, we have our free agency, and the Lord has given us choices. We can do as we please. We can go on a mission or we can remain home. But every normal young man is as much obligated to go on a mission as he is to pay his tithing, attend his meetings, keep the Sabbath day holy, and keep his life spotless and clean.

Great women and men are always more anxious to serve than to have dominion.