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.

Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.

There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.

As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.

I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know.

How grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context.

The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection.

Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.

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

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.

When you are young, do not get involved in steady dating. When you reach an age where you think of marriage, then is the time to become so involved.

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.

Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.

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.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes.

Knowledge, learning, is an eternal thing.

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.

If there were no immortality there would be no need for temples. There would be no need for eternal marriage if there were no eternity.

Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work.

Eligibility for a temple recommend is not based on financial worth. That has nothing whatever to do with it. It is based on consistent personal behavior, on the goodness of one's life. It is not concerned with money matters, but rather with things of eternity.

You dear women, I say thanks to you. Thank you for being the kind of people you are and doing the things you do.

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.

Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.

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.

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.

When all is said and done, the greatest satisfaction you'll have in this life as you grow old will be seeing your children grow in righteousness and faith and goodness as citizens of the society of which they are a part.

Until I got older, I never dreamed of what a demanding responsibility it is to keep food in the pantry, to keep clothing neat and presentable, to buy all that is needed to keep a home running.

Unfortunately, some women want to remake their husbands after their own design.

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.