Happiness

Happiness is one of the aims of the gospel; not pain, not grief, not gloom, not pleasure. There is a difference between pleasure and happiness. Happiness is the joy of the soul, always.

—David O. McKay Man May Know for Himself

To Be Filled With Hope-changes the quality of our lives

The Lord wants us to be filled with hope—not just because it points us to a brighter tomorrow, but because it changes the quality of our lives today. We can endure all things when our hope is centered in one who will never fail us—our Savior, Jesus Christ, who is the light of the world.

—Dwan J. Young, Ensign, Nov. 1986

The Greatest Challenge to the Mind of Man

The Lord Jesus Christ liberated man from the world, by the pure gospel of love. He lived the plain and sure doctrine of service, of doing good to all men, friends and enemies alike. His charge to return good for evil is still the greatest challenge to the mind of man.


—Ezra Taft Benson, I Know That My Redeemer Lives

A Humble Prayer of Gratitude

...Each new morning is a gift from God. Even the air we breathe is a loving loan from him. He preserves us from day to day and supports us from one moment to another. Therefore, our first noble deed of the morning should be a humble prayer of gratitude.

—Russell M. Nelson, Ensign, Nov. 1986

Following Christ

The ultimate expression of following Christ is to receive his love, whether from himself or from those who serve him, to be lifted and blessed by it and then to be for others what he has been for us....

—Stephen E. Robinson, Following Christ

How to Be Miserable

If you want to be miserable, just harbor hate for a brother, and if you want to hate, just do your brother some injury. But if you would be happy, render a kind service, make somebody else happy.

—David O. McKay
Conference Report, October 1936

The most Inspiring thing about the Life of Jesus

The most inspiring thing about the life of Jesus was not his ability to quiet the storm or control the tempest, but absolute control of himself.

—Sterling W. Sill
Conference Report, October 1963