We are perfectly designed to achieve what we are currently achieving. If Christianity is in decline, at least part of the issue goes to the contemporary way we live out faith in a watching world.

For if this commission is behind us in Christian work, remember, always we are sent out to be exceptional in ordinary things, among sometimes mean people, in frequently sordid surroundings. Only the man sent by the King of kings could take that, and only the man with a true burden will ever accept it.

The most persuasive gospel tract is the exemplary life of a faithful Latter-day Saint.

Because of who I am, people ask for photos. I can't just say no to everyone.

Civilization depends on morality.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The area of the Church stands in the world, as outwardly the Church stands in the village or in a city, beside the school, the cinema and the railway station. The Church's language cannot aim at being an end in itself. It must be made clear that the Church exists for the sake of the world, that the light is shining in the darkness.

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.

The mere title of lawyer is sufficient to deprive a man of the public confidence. ... The most innocent and irreproachable life cannot guard a lawyer against the hatred of his fellow citizens.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

There is not a greater paradox in nature,--than that so good a religion [as Christianity] should be no better recommended by its professors.