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A family needs a father to anchor it.
Today's complexities demand greater simplicity.
Regarding Fasting: Have the faith to bind the Lord.
Who can put a pricetag on the influence of a mother?
Strong, proactive obedience is anything but weak or passive.
Enduring to the end is definitely not a do-it-yourself project.
Family is the center of life. It is the key to eternal happiness.
The service of bringing light to a troubled world must never end.
If you don't raise the bar, how will you ever know your potential?
Prayer endows us with the power to draw near to our Eternal Father.
Our value system must conform to His. Our actions must conform to our values.
What we need is a royal army of returned missionaries reenlisted into service.
The choices you make will make all of the difference in what you want to achieve.
The only shortage we have today is the shortage we have between our own two ears.
When we have the Spirit to direct us, we are capable of teaching with great power.
Have more confidence in yourself than allowing your decisions to happen just by chance.
We must never let the noise of the world overpower and overwhelm that still small voice.
A good character is something you must make for yourself. It cannot be inherited from parents.
Obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God.
Teaching children the joy of honest labor is one of the greatest of all gifts you can bestow upon them.
The almost universal gift everyone can develop is the creation of a pleasant disposition, an even temperament.
The world changes constantly and dramatically, but God, His commandments, and promised blessings do not change.
The most powerful teaching a child will ever receive will come from concerned and righteous fathers and mothers.
Obedience is a choice. It is a choice between our own limited knowledge & power & God's unlimited wisdom & omnipotence.
I believe it is by divine design that the role of motherhood emphasizes the nurturing and teaching of the next generation.
Mothers of today have no greater opportunity and no more serious challenge than to do all they can to strengthen the home.
Go forward with new zeal and determination, and through your example shine the light of the gospel in this troubled world.
The scriptures are one of our greatest treasures. They contain God’s instructions to His people from the beginning of time.
You are not competing with anyone else. You are only competing with yourself to do the best with whatever you have received.
Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar.
Heavenly Father's commandments are the road map He has given us to return to Him, which is the only way we will be eternally happy.
The nations of the world, if they follow the Lord, will continue to be a blessing to His children so long as they trust and follow Him.
God’s eternal blessings are contingent upon our obedience and adherence to the word of the Lord that is revealed to us through His holy prophets
Parents have the glorious opportunity of being the most powerful influence, above and beyond any other, on the new lives that bless their homes.
One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves. One of our common failings is to depreciate our tremendous worth.
In a world of turmoil and uncertainty, it is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives and the top of our priorities.
What the restored gospel brings to the discussion on marriage and family is so large and so relevant that it cannot be overstated: we make the subject eternal!
If I keep my promises to the Lord, He will always keep His promises to me. He [will] always fulfill His end of the bargain—and much, much more—if I fulfill mine.
Prayer endows us with the power to draw near to our Eternal Father. How important it is, then, that one of our fundamental teachings to our children is how to pray.
Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and the restorer of all things important to building the kingdom of God and preparing for the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
What a glorious legacy of faith, courage, and ingenuity those noble early Mormon pioneers have left for us to build upon. My admiration for them deepens the longer I live.
If you will respond to the invitation to share your beliefs and feelings about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, a spirit of love and a spirit of courage will be your constant companion.
In our hearts do we feel a sense of gratitude and devotion to the Father? Are we of one heart with Him to whom we owe everything? The test of our devotion to the Lord seems to be the way we serve Him.
Let me close by bearing witness (and my nine decades on this earth fully qualify me to say this) that the older I get, the more I realize that family is the center of life and is the key to eternal happiness.
Let us each day search from the scriptures and from the prophets…. The scriptures that are never read will never help us. If read, the words of God will nourish our souls and carry us to great heights in our endeavors.
Have you ever thought of yourself as a junior angel crowned with glory and honor? Every one of our Father in Heaven's children is great in His sight. If the Lord sees greatness in you, how then should you see yourself?
Surely there could not be any doctrine more strongly expressed in the scriptures than the Lord’s unchanging commandments and their connection to our happiness and well-being as individuals, as families, and as a society.
Teaching children the joy of honest labor is one of the greatest of all gifts you can bestow upon them. Let us also teach our children to see that the work assigned is carried to its completion and to take pride in what they accomplish.
The joining together of a man and a woman to be legally and lawfully wed not only is preparation for future generations to inherit the earth, but it also brings the greatest joy and satisfaction that can be found in this mortal experience.
We must not pick and choose which commandments we think are important to keep but acknowledge all of God’s commandments. We must stand firm and steadfast, having perfect confidence in the Lord’s consistency and perfect trust in His promises.