The reward of eternal life requires effort.

Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.

There will come into every life moments of despair and the need for direction from a divine source-even an unspoken plea for help.

Often small acts of service are all that is required to lift and bless another: a question concerning a person's family, quick words of encouragement, a sincere compliment, a small note of thanks, a brief telephone call. If we are observant and aware, and if we act on the promptings which come to us, we can accomplish much good.

The sweetest feeling in mortality is to realize that God, our Heavenly Father, knows each one of us and generously permits us to see and to share His divine power to save.

Anger does not solve anything; it builds nothing.

The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person.