Differences exist in practice and organization between the Lord's Church and man-made institutions.

I believe that in the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.

The only length of life that seems to satisfy the longings of the human heart is life everlasting.

Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age.

Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.

While musical experts of the world focus on what choir members can do, I would like to focus on what choir members can be.

We are all pleased when our names are pronounced and spelled correctly.

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.

Each faithful young woman in the Church proclaims that individual worth is one of her most cherished values.

Contention existed before the earth was formed.

We should understand the source of our authority and something of the keys that control its power.

Many shoulder heavy burdens of righteous responsibility which, on occasion, seem so difficult to bear. I have heard those challenges termed impossible.

The Lord has often chosen to instruct His people in their times of trial.

We make the Sabbath a delight when we teach the gospel to our children.

I worry about all who are impure in their thoughts, feelings, or actions or who demean their wives or children, thereby cutting off priesthood power.

Young men and women, your education is ever important - to us, to you, and to God.

Many institutions of higher learning will grant an 18- to 30-month deferral to prospective missionaries. This will enable you elders and sisters to serve without worrying about where you will begin your advanced education. We are very grateful to leaders of educational institutions who are making such planning possible!

Mission presidents hold keys of responsibility for the welfare, safety, and success of their missionaries.

Our inquiring friends and neighbors not of our faith can also catch the wave. We encourage them to keep all that is good and true in their lives. And we invite them to receive more, especially the glorious truth that through God's eternal plan, families can be together forever.

The ways of the Lord are different from the ways of man. Man's ways remove people from office or business when they grow old or become disabled. But man's ways are not and never will be the Lord's ways.

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

We are eternal beings - spirit children of heavenly parents.

Think of our physical sustenance. It is truly heaven-sent. The necessities of air, food, and water all come to us as gifts from a loving Heavenly Father.

We were born with a capacity to grow, love, marry, and form families.

If one accepts the terms of the covenant and obeys God's law, he or she receives the blessings associated with the covenant.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well - and for each of God's children.

All that the future holds in store for each sacred child of God will be shaped by his or her parents, family, friends, and teachers. Thus, our faith now becomes part of our posterity's faith later.

Preparation for a mission is important. A mission is a voluntary act of service to God and humankind. Missionaries support that privilege with their personal savings. Parents, families, friends, and donors to the General Missionary Fund may also assist.

All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.

Missionaries serve to make life better for God's children.

We need more missionaries - more worthy missionaries.

When I think of the love I feel for each member of our family, I sense, to a slight degree, the love that our Heavenly Father bears for His children.

Through the ages, many of His children have had access to the blessings of the gospel, but many more have not.

My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.

The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.

You are never too young to learn, never too old to change.

We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

No, we don't own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.

Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

Even more amazing than modern technology is our opportunity to access information directly from Heaven, without hardware, software, or monthly service fees.

A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.

Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love.

As a medical doctor and cardiac surgeon, I had the responsibility of performing open-heart surgery on President Spencer W. Kimball in 1972, when he was Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.

Saints can be happy under every circumstance.