Your life is your own, to develop or to destroy. You can blame others little and yourself almost totally if that life is not a productive, worthy, full, and abundant one.

He who cannot learn by others' mistakes is stupid. He who cannot learn by his own errors is a fool.

As a vital link in the conversion process, we should bear our testimonies that the gospel is true; our testimonies may well be the spark that ignites the conversion process. Consequently, we have a double responsibility: we must testify of the things we know, feel, and have felt, and we must live so the Holy Ghost can be with us and convey our words in power to the heart of the investigator.

There is no doubt that the life one leads, and the thoughts one thinks are registered plainly in his face.

Above all, I declare that Jesus Christ is the center of our faith; I testify to you that he lives. He leads his Church today; he hears our prayers when we humbly, earnestly, unceasingly seek to know his will, making this, too, a day of miracles and of revelation.

Working toward perfection is not a one time decision but a process to be pursued throughout one's lifetime.

If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth.