I always felt big and unattractive.

It is possible to be clean in a dirty world.

Everything that's important - you can take with you.

My whole life, I've felt like I didn't quite measure up.

I drove a tractor almost as soon as I could reach the pedals.

There isn't anyone who wants to see me married more than I do.

We are all farmers tending a little part of the Lord's vineyard.

None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us.

No 11-year-old girl wants to be 5-10. I always felt big and unattractive.

I am innately very shy, and I have struggled with that challenge for years.

The last days are not for the faint of heart or the spiritually out of shape.

We are here to influence the world rather than to be influenced by the world.

It is easier to motivate people to do something difficult than something easy.

Motherhood is more than bearing children...It is the essence of who we are as women.

Look to the Lord and not to the world for your ideas and ideals about men and women.

Happily, though we must each walk through life on our own, we don't have to do it alone.

It is by letting the world go and coming unto Christ that we increasingly live as women of God.

As sisters in Zion, we can be obstacles to the adversary's conspiracy against families and virtue.

The Savior empowers us with His grace, not because we've earned it, but because He loves us perfectly.

No amount of time in front of the mirror will make you as attractive as having the Holy Ghost with you.

Our challenge is not getting the Lord to speak to us; our challenge is understanding what He has to say.

I have 17 nieces and nephews, who are a pure delight. We have hiked and biked and fasted and prayed together.

Am I the woman I think I am, the woman I want to be? More importantly, am I the woman the Savior needs me to be?

The power of the priesthood heals, protects, and inoculates all of the righteous against the powers of darkness.

We no longer have the luxury of spending our energy on anything that does not lead us and our families to Christ.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

No woman is a more vibrant instrument in the hands of the Lord than a woman of God who is thrilled to be who she is.

The Lord needed the strength of the women of this Church as the seeds of the Restoration were planted and nourished.

My progress on the piano and my motivation to practice increased dramatically when I caught a vision of my potential.

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.

Few of us will reach our potential without the nurturing of both the mother who bore us and the mothers who bear with us.

By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence.

There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.

Because again, if Lucifer can make an aberration seem normal- or better yet, evil seem normal, he has made striking inroads.

Think about what there is to learn from your heritage, good and bad, and about what you want to cultivate and not cultivate.

The only way that we may overcome the world is by coming unto Christ. And coming to Christ means walking away from the world.

It is no accident that faith in Jesus Christ - not only believing in Him but believing Him - is the first principle of the gospel.

We don't really know what we believe in or care about until what we believe in or care about is threatened, challenged, or measured.

Relief Society can help us turn away from the world, for its express purpose is to help sisters and their families come unto Christ.

Very simply, our physical and spiritual safety lies in never even getting close to the line that separates light from dark, good from evil.

Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.

Being steadfast and immovable with our heels in tar on the Lord's side of the line is the only strategy that works long-term against Lucifer.

Our responsibility is to learn to draw upon the power of the Atonement. Otherwise, we walk through mortality relying solely on our own strength.

If you're serious about sanctification, you can expect to experience heart-wrenching moments that try your faith, your endurance, and your patience.

Sisters, we as women are not diminished by priesthood power - we are magnified by it. I know this is true, for I have experienced it again and again.

True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.

Challenges that tax our faith are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help us.

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.

Most significantly, the fullness of the priesthood contained in the highest ordinances of the house of the Lord can be received only by a man and woman together.

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