The ways of the Lord are different from the ways of man. Man's ways remove people from office or business when they grow old or become disabled. But man's ways are not and never will be the Lord's ways.

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

We are eternal beings - spirit children of heavenly parents.

Think of our physical sustenance. It is truly heaven-sent. The necessities of air, food, and water all come to us as gifts from a loving Heavenly Father.

We were born with a capacity to grow, love, marry, and form families.

If one accepts the terms of the covenant and obeys God's law, he or she receives the blessings associated with the covenant.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well - and for each of God's children.

All that the future holds in store for each sacred child of God will be shaped by his or her parents, family, friends, and teachers. Thus, our faith now becomes part of our posterity's faith later.

Preparation for a mission is important. A mission is a voluntary act of service to God and humankind. Missionaries support that privilege with their personal savings. Parents, families, friends, and donors to the General Missionary Fund may also assist.

All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.

Missionaries serve to make life better for God's children.

We need more missionaries - more worthy missionaries.

When I think of the love I feel for each member of our family, I sense, to a slight degree, the love that our Heavenly Father bears for His children.

Through the ages, many of His children have had access to the blessings of the gospel, but many more have not.

My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.

The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.

You are never too young to learn, never too old to change.

We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

No, we don't own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.

Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

Even more amazing than modern technology is our opportunity to access information directly from Heaven, without hardware, software, or monthly service fees.

A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.

Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love.

As a medical doctor and cardiac surgeon, I had the responsibility of performing open-heart surgery on President Spencer W. Kimball in 1972, when he was Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.

Saints can be happy under every circumstance.

Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.

Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.

The Sabbath provides a wonderful opportunity to strengthen family ties.

We need women who are devoted to shepherding God's children along the covenant path toward exaltation; women who know how to receive personal revelation, who understand the power and peace of the temple endowment; women who know how to call upon the powers of heaven to protect and strengthen children and families; women who teach fearlessly.

Marriage and family are ordained of God. The family is the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Under God's great plan of happiness, families can be sealed in temples and be prepared to return to dwell in His holy presence forever. That is eternal life!

I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, 'I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior's power to bless others.'

To rule children by force is the technique of Satan, not of the Savior.

Our Heavenly Father loves you. He has created you to be successful and to have joy.

We can feel joy even while having a bad day, a bad week, or even a bad year!

When we speak of faith - the faith that can move mountains - we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

I first found delight in the Sabbath many years ago when, as a busy surgeon, I knew that the Sabbath became a day for personal healing. By the end of each week, my hands were sore from repeatedly scrubbing them with soap, water, and a bristle brush. I also needed a breather from the burden of a demanding profession.

As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.

Agency is a divine gift to you. You are free to choose what you will be and what you will do.

From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God.

Generally, the younger the victim, the greater the grief. Yet even when the elderly or infirm have been afforded merciful relief, their loved ones are rarely ready to let go.

As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.

Our personal intelligence is everlasting and divine.

Married or single, you sisters possess distinctive capabilities and special intuition you have received as gifts from God. We brethren cannot duplicate your unique influence.

Each daughter of God is of infinite worth because of her divine mission.