I have sometimes questioned the advice and direction I received from my parents and grandparents, but I never questioned the fact that they loved me. I learned that they were in a better position to know more about right and wrong than I did from my limited understanding and from my limited experience.

Our feelings of separation from God will diminish as we become more childlike before Him. That is not easy in a world where the opinions of other human beings can have such an effect on our motives. But it will help us recognize this truth: God is close to us and aware of us and never hides from His faithful children.

I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

Until the time is right, disappear we will.

Relax!" old Ben urged him. "Be free. You're trying to use your eyes and ears. Stop predicting and use the rest of your mind.

I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president.

The lessons his mother had instilled had taken hold: Do your best. Don't be arrogant. Never complain.

George Washington once wrote that leading by conviction gave him "a consolation within that no earthly efforts can deprive me of." He continued: "The arrows of malevolence, however barbed and well pointed, never can reach the most vulnerable part of me.

Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do---then do it with all your strength.

The Savior will help you do what He has called you to do, be it for a time as a worker in the Church or forever as a parent. You may pray for help enough to do the work and know that it will come.