FAITHFULNESS
I feel so optimistic about this Church, so very, very optimistic. . . . What tremendous things we are doing because of the faithfulness of the people, the building of these chapels across the earth, the building of temples - the tremendous work that is going forward and the effect that it is having upon individuals as it increases in numbers. It's true. Be happy about it. Be affirmative about it. Don't look for its weaknesses. Magnify its strengths and build on those and don't be critical of people. Find their virtues. They have some, and build on those. You will be very happy if you do. - From priesthood leadership meeting, Vacaville/ Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Conference, May 20, 1995.
GOSPEL
Think . . . of the great concept we have in the gospel of Jesus Christ, of the relationship of men and women, of husband and wife, of parents and children. . . . Husband and wife are companions. She neither walks behind him nor ahead of him but at his side. What a blessing if all of our people could live up to that concept. What a blessing if all of the world could live up to that concept. - From general session, Vacaville/Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Conference, May 21, 1995.
MARRIAGE
My dear young friends, I repeat that the most important decision of life is the decision concerning your companion. Choose prayerfully. And when you are married, be fiercely loyal one to another. Selfishness is the great destroyer of happy family life. If you will make your first concern the comfort, the well-being, and the happiness of your companion, sublimating any personal concern to that loftier goal, you will be happy, and your marriage will go on throughout eternity. - From BYU commencement address, Marriott Center, April 27, 1995.
MIRACLES
I have seen miracles in my time, my brothers and sisters. The greatest miracle of all, I believe, is the transformation that comes into the life of a man or a woman who accepts the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and tries to live it in his or her life. How thankful I am for the wonders of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. It is indeed a marvelous work and a wonder, which has been brought to pass by the power of the Almightly in behalf of His sons and daughters. We of this season in His work can serve in a work of salvation in behalf of the whole human family, including all the generations of the sons and daughters of God who have lived upon the earth in past centuries. The work is true. - From general session, Vacaville/ Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Conference, May 21, 1995.
MOTHERS
In this age when more and more women are turning to daily work how tremendous it is, once in a while, to stop and recognize that the greatest service that any woman will ever perform will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging and rearing her children in righteousness and truth. There is no other thing that will compare with that regardless of what she does.
I hope that the women of the Church will not slight their greatest responsibility in favor of a lesser responsibility. To the mothers of this Church, every mother who is here this day, I want to say that, as the years pass, you will become increasingly grateful for that which you did in molding the lives of your children in the direction of righteousness and goodness and integrity and faith. - From general session, Heber City/Springville (Utah) Regional Conference, May 14, 1995.
PORNOGRAPHY
Stay away from pornography! Avoid it as you would a terrible disease. It is a consuming disease. It is addictive. It gets hold of men and grasps them until they can scarcely let go. . . . These magazines, these video tapes, these late-night programs, you don't need them. They will just hurt you, they won't help you. They will destroy you, if you persist in looking at them. - From priesthood leadership meeting, Heber City/Springville (Utah) Regional Conference, May 13, 1995.
RESPONSIBILITY
There is no small or inconsequential task, calling, or responsibility in this Church. - From priesthood leadership meeting, Heber City/Springville (Utah) Regional Conference, May 13, 1995.
TEMPLE
One of my concerns is that not enough of our people are making the efforts to get a temple recommend which becomes a symbol of their worthiness and the righteousness of their desires. - From priesthood leadership meeting, Heber City/Springville (Utah) Regional Conference, May 13, 1995.
YOUTH
You are great young people. I have said again and again, we have the finest generation of young people ever in the history of this Church. I believe it. You know the gospel better. You come to seminary and you learn about the things of the Lord here. You know more about the gospel than those of my generation at your age did without any question. I am satisfied of that. Furthermore, you are intrinsically better. You are wonderful young people!" - From Skyline High School (Utah) Seminary fireside, Salt Lake City, April 30, 1995.
Now, go forward with your lives. The best lies ahead. I believe that with all my heart. If you will stay on the straight and narrow, the best lies ahead. It is a wonderful time to be alive. It's a great time to be a member of this Church when you can hold your head up without embarrassment and with some pride in this great latter-day work. - From West High (Utah) Seminary graduation, May 14, 1995.
Bring into the lives of our young people something more of spirituality. . . . There is more to the Aaronic Priesthood than sociality, essential as that is. Cultivate in the heart of every boy a sense of his relationship to the Lord as he becomes acquainted with the Savior of the world by knowing some elements of the atonement of the Redeemer through which eternal life is made possible for each of us. - From priesthood leadership meeting, Heber City/Springville (Utah) Regional Conference, May 13, 1995.
