Try a little harder to be a little better.

God is the designer of the family.

The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.

Cynics do not contribute, skeptics do not create, doubters do not achieve.

There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.

It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for our presence. And the good that...

How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marry right and live right, our relationship will continue, notwithstanding the certainty of death and the passage...

work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.

It’s not as bad as you sometimes think it is. It ALL works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it all...

In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how...

We wear on our faces the results of what we believe and how we behave, and such behavior is most evident in the eyes and on the faces of those who have lived many years.

. . . You are good. But is is not enough to be good. You must be good for something. The world must be a better place for your presence and the good that is...

Things work out, it isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out, don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your...

If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children.

Let us stand a little taller, if you don’t, you will never strengthen yourself

When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but because of the knowledge within his heart

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence....

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

Gratitude is a sign of maturity…Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.

I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed;...

If we could follow the slogan that says,”Turn off the TV and open a good book” we would do something of substance for a future generation.

I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.

You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the...

The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were picking up the phone and ordering groceries – we place our order and hang up.

I have now been an officer in this Church for a very long time. I am an old man who cannot deny the calendar. I have lived long enough and served in enough different capacities...

You can’t plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.

True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one’s companion.

It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book…from the reading of ‘good books’ there comes a richness of life that can be...

The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.

Do not despair. Do not give up. Look for the sunlight through the clouds.

Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.

You are people with a present and with a future. Don’t muff the ball. Be excellent.

All writers should be put in a box and thrown in the sea.

There is something wonderful about a book. We can pick it up. We can heft it. We can read it. We can set it down. We can think of what we have read. It does...

I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something...

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize...

Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others…By and large, I have come...

Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart...

Life is to be enjoyed, not endured

I remind you that no man who makes disparaging remarks concerning those of another race can consider himself a true disciple of Christ,” said President Hinckley. “How can any man holding the Melchizedek Priesthood arrogantly...

Though my work may be menial, though my contribution may be small, I can perform it with dignity and offer it with unselfishness. My talents may not be great, but I can use them to...

A truly educated man never ceases to learn. He never ceases to grow. I hope you women, as you take upon yourselves the burden of rearing families, will never set aside the desire to acquire...

Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.

A proverb in the Old Testament states: ‘He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city’.It is when we become angry...

In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.

Aim high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is that he will love you, that he will respect you, that he will honor you, that he...

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.