Birth: January 24, 1945
Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal ….
Good men sometimes make mistakes. A man of integrity will honestly face and correct his mistakes, and that is an example we can respect. Sometimes me….
Freedom comes not from resisting truth, but from applying it..
The greatest service we can provide to others in this life, beginning with those of our own family, is to bring them to Christ..
Keep going and the Lord will help you..
We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter….
There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement would be impossib….
True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to ….
Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one ….
Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard..
As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we must be men that women can trust, that chi….
What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?.
Everyone has gifts; everyone can contribute..
Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God..
We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we all benefit from their achievements -- but still rec….
Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression..
Whatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness..
Without repentance, there is no real progress or improvement in life. Pretending there is no sin does not lessen its burden and pain. Suffering for s….
We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their co….
The Savior's suffering in Gethsemane and His agony on the cross redeem us from sin by satisfying the demands that justice has upon us. He extends mer….
Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential..