Whatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness.

True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to our highest destiny.

The greatest service we can provide to others in this life, beginning with those of our own family, is to bring them to Christ.

We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter where we are in the path of obedience.

The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ.

Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression.

Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential.

As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we must be men that women can trust, that children can trust, and that God can trust.

Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God.

A mother can exert an influence unequaled by any other person in any other relationship.

Keep going and the Lord will help you.

When you discover your own self, you will see that same infinite potential in your lover’s eyes.

But time heals, as they say, or more to the point, fresher wounds help us to forget the old scars.

I thought parenting was going to reveal my strengths, never realizing that God had ordained it to reveal my weaknesses.

Your biggest dream? - Nora Grey Kiss you. - Patch Cipriano

Grab this day by the neck and kiss it.

I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence.

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions

You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.

If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.