You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.
Gordon B. Hinckley
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.
Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.
I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.
Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion.
The smallest gesture can mean to much to those who may need a little lift in their lives.
Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments.
We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.
People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.
You dear women, I say thanks to you. Thank you for being the kind of people you are and doing the things you do.
As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.
Some of our finest work comes through service to others.
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.
Pray in faith.
Eternal vigilance is the price of eternal development.
Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.
We live in a world that is filled with filth and sleaze, a world that reeks of evil. You cannot afford that filthy poison to touch you. Stay away from it. Avoid it.
Marriage, in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have.
Every sacrament meeting ought to be a spiritual feast.
There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.
Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.
I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman.
Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.
A tattoo is graffiti on the temple of the body.
If every man would make his prime concern the comfort and well-being of his wife and every wife make her chief concern the comfort and well-being of her husband, we would have very little divorce in the land.
To you wives who are constantly complaining and see only the dark side of life, and feel that you are unloved and unwanted, look into your own hearts and minds. If there is something wrong, turn about. Put a smile on your faces. Make yourselves more attractive. Brighten your outlook.
Truth will prevail.
I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context.
In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference.
We magnify our priesthood and enlarge our calling when we serve with diligence and enthusiasm in those responsibilities to which we are called by proper authority.
I have yet to find a faithful tithe payer who cannot testify that in a very literal and wonderful way the windows of Heaven have been opened and blessings have been poured out upon him or her.
Knowledge, learning, is an eternal thing.
Every convert is a son or daughter of God.
Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.
There is need occasionally to leave the noise and the tumult of the world and step within the walls of a sacred house of God, there to feel His Spirit in an environment of holiness and peace.
We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.
Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but the study will have given you a better understanding of your own tongue or of another tongue you may be asked to acquire.
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
Let the Latter-day Saints be in their homes, teaching their families, reading the scriptures, doing things that are wholesome and beautiful and communing with the Lord on the Sabbath day.
There are widows who long for friendly voices and that spirit of anxious concern which speaks of love.
The biggest challenge facing a missionary today is to forget himself and lose himself in the work.
There is a tendency in all of us to ask for better statistical performance. There is a tendency to impose quotas behind which usually lies imposition of pressure to achieve improved statistics.
There is nothing we could do of greater importance than to have fortified in our individual lives an unshakable conviction that Jesus is the Christ, the living Son of the living God.
Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.
The world is starved for spiritual food.
God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do.
You don't need coffee. Nobody needs coffee. You can get along without it.
The work of the Lord is done by ordinary people who work in an extraordinary way.
