Humility is the beginning virtue of all exaltation.

Destroy the seed and the plant will never grow. Man alone, of all creatures of earth, can change his thought pattern and become the architect of his destiny.

The difficulties and hazards of marriage are greatly increased where backgrounds are different

Your own private journal should record the way you face up to challenges that beset you. Do not suppose life changes so much that your experiences will not be interesting to your posterity. Experiences of work, relations with people, and an awareness of the rightness and wrongness of actions will always be relevant.

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

We are greatly conscious of the fact that among the Lamanites - as well as among all peoples of other countries - we have a responsibility to see that the gospel touches their hearts and minds and that they understand it.

We are not measured by the trials we meet -- only by those we overcome.