The work is demanding, the impact everlasting. This is no time for 'summer soldiers' in the army of the Lord.

All of us are prone to excuse our own mediocre performance. We blame our misfortunes, our disfigurements, our so-called handicaps. Victims of our own rationalization, we say silently to ourselves, 'I'm just too weak,' or 'I'm not cut out for better things.' Others soar beyond our meager accomplishments. Envy and discouragement take their toll. .

What is most important almost always involves the people around us.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

We were not placed on this earth to walk alone.

Don't forget: one of the saddest things in life is wasted talent.

As a teenage daughter hears her sweet mother plead unto the Lord that her daughter will be inspired in the selection of her companions, that she will prepare herself for a temple marriage, don't you believe that such a daughter will seek to honor this humble, pleading petition of her mother, whom she so dearly loves?