Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. We could refer to all the components of personal and family preparedness, not in relation to holocaust or disaster, but in cultivating a life-style that is on a day-to-day basis its own reward.

Language is like music; we rejoice in beauty, range, and quality in both, and we are demeaned by the repetition of a few sour notes.

No father, no son, no mother, no daughter should get so busy that he or she does not have time to study the scriptures and the words of modern prophets. None of us should get so busy that we crowd out contemplation and praying. None of us should become so busy in our formal Church assignments that there is no room left for quiet Christian service to our neighbors.

If you are going to err, err on the side of mercy.

In the kingdom, the greater our responsibilities, the greater is our need to see ourselves as servants.

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

Every Latter-day Saint should sustain, honor, and obey the constitutional law of the land in which he lives.