When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.

When God speaks and we obey, we will always be right.

How does one magnify a calling? Simply by performing the service that pertains to it.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

My dear sisters, do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle.

Rather than dwelling on the past, we should make the most of today, of the here and now, doing all we can to provide pleasant memories for the future…If you are still in the process of raising children be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled, will disappear all too soon, and that you will, to your surprise, miss them, profoundly.

Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.