What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

You can determine the kind of life you will have in your 30s and 40s by what you do in your teens.

Teach us by your lives.

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

There are two ways of recommending true religion and virtue in the world, which God hath made use of: the one is by doctrine and precept; the other by instance and example.

A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.

Young people need models, not critics...

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Discipline yourself and others won't need to.

Let the youth remember that here they are to build characters for eternity, and that God requires them to do their best. Let those older in experience watch over the younger ones; and when they see them tempted, take them aside, and pray with them and for them.

Let [the youth be directed to something better than display, ambition, or self-indulgence. Bring them in contact with truer beauty, with loftier principles, and with nobler lives. Lead them to behold the One "altogether lovely.

Encourage Independent Thinking—While the children and youth gain a knowledge of facts from teachers and textbooks, let them learn to draw lessons and discern truth for themselves.