Birth: January 24, 1945
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 ….
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 ….
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….
Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard..
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….
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..
Everyone has gifts; everyone can contribute..
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….
Whatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness..
Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God..
With confidence we testify that the Atonement of Jesus Christ has anticipated and, in the end, will compensate all deprivation and loss for those who….
What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?.
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….
Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential..
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….
The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ..
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….
A mother can exert an influence unequaled by any other person in any other relationship..
Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal ….