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?

I say to everyone within the sound of my voice, 'Do not fail the Lord'. We must accept the truth that the gospel principles are not on trial but that we are.

The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the individual's view of himself and causes deep resentment

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

We must not falter nor weary in well-doing. We must lengthen our stride. Not only is our own eternal welfare at stake, but also the eternal welfare of many of our brothers and sisters who are not now members of this, the true Church. I thrill to the words of the Prophet Joseph Smith in a letter that he sent to the Church from Nauvoo on September 6, 1842: 'Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward. … Courage … and on, on to the victory!

To be sure your life will be full and abundant, you must plan your life.

Now we ask you to clean up your homes we urge each of you to dress and keep in a beautiful state the property that is in your hands.