“You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. It’s your choice”

The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.

By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

The greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging and rearing her children in righteousness and truth. None other can adequately take her place.

There is no obstacle too great, no challenge too difficult, if we have faith.

Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.

As you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

Father forgive us, for we do not what we know.

No matter how old we become, we can acquire knowledge and use it. We can gather wisdom and profit from it. We can grow and progress and improve-and, in the process, strengthen the lives of those within our circle of influence.

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

The truest mark of your success in life will be the quality of your marriage.

We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.

Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way.

Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.

There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.

Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations.