You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.

'What would Jesus do?' or 'What would He have me do?' are the paramount personal questions of this life.

A positive self-image has little relationship to our material circumstances.

A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems.

A young man who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an abiding testimony of its truthfulness, and who applies its teachings will be able to stand against the wiles of the devil and will be a mighty tool in the hands of the Lord.

A young woman who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an abiding testimony of its truthfulness, and who applies its teachings will be able to stand against the wiles of the devil and will be a mighty tool in the hands of the Lord.

America is a place of many great events. Here is where Adam dwelt, where the Garden of Eden was located. America was the place of former civilizations, including Adam's, the Jaredites', and Nephites'.

America, North and South, is a choice land, a land reserved for God's own purposes.

An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need.

An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.

Are you honest with the Lord in the payment of your tithes? Living this divine law will bring both spiritual and material blessings.

Attractive labels are usually attached to the most dangerous programs, often in the name of public welfare and personal security.

Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.

Beguiling voices in the world cry out for 'alternative lifestyles' for women. They maintain that some women are better suited for careers than for marriage and motherhood.

Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.

Blessed are they who seek to learn wisdom.

Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.

Callings in the church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place.

Can human hearts be changed? Why, of course! It happens every day in the great missionary work of the Church. It is one of the most widespread of Christ's modern miracles. If it hasn't happened to you - it should.

Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.

Christ removed self as the force in His perfect life. It was, 'Not my will, but thine be done.'

Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.

Constitutional government, as designed by the framers, will survive only with a righteous people.

Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable.

Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.

Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings.

Efficient spending and saving will give the family more security, more opportunities, more education, and a higher standard of living.

Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.

Enmity means 'hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition.' It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us.

Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.

Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic history - which nation the Lord has declared to be his base of operations in these latter days.

Every accountable child of God needs to set goals, short- and long-range goals. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet, and once a goal is accomplished, others can be set up.

Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.

Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.

Faithful attendance at Church meetings brings blessings you can receive in no other way.

False thinking and false ideologies, dressed in the most pleasing forms, quietly - almost without our knowing it - seek to reduce our moral defenses and to captivate our minds. They entice with bright promises of security, cradle-to-grave guarantees of many kinds.

Family preparedness has been a long-established welfare principle.

Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth. It is a matter of desire, diligence and determination to see one's family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.

Fathers, yours is an eternal calling from which you are never released.

Fear of men's judgment manifests itself in competition for men's approval.

Food production is just one part of the repeated emphasis that you store a provision of food which will last for at least a year wherever it is legally permissible to do so.

Freedom can be killed by neglect as well as by direct attack.

From the Book of Mormon, we learn how disciples of Christ live in times of war.

Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons' outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball games and recitals, to school programs, and so forth. Having Dad there makes all the difference.