Today there are many issues under debate as controversies rage all around us. It should be evident to all that we need divine direction, as men and women who argue their causes seem to be unable to come to workable or peaceable solutions. It is sad indeed that the world does not know or accept the fact that in our midst is a prophet through whom God can direct the solution of world problems.

True Latter-day Saints have no such dilemma. They know that the messages of the prophet have come from the Lord and have the concurrence of all the General Authorities, who are men of vision and integrity, and who themselves try to keep in tune with deity. They are not, as some would suggest, following blindly and acting without their own agency to speak and think for themselves. Through prayer to our Heavenly Father each of us can have the assurance that the course we choose has his divine approval. ... Whose side are we on? When the prophet speaks the debate is over.

It is a small soul, buried beneath the weight of affairs, that does not know how to get clean away from them, that cannot put them aside and pick them up again.

Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength. It is manifest differently in each girl or woman, but each of you possesses it. Femininity is part of your inner beauty.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself has changed, but that our power to do is increased.

Your future husbands and the men with whom you serve will need the support only you can give. You have an inner spiritual strength that President James E. Faust said equals and even surpasses that of men. Do not abdicate your spiritual responsibility. Your faith will preach compelling sermons. No amount of time in front of the mirror will make you as attractive as having the Holy Ghost with you. Bless your family and the church as only a woman of God can--with virtue, faith, integrity, and constant compassion.

Chance only favors the prepared mind.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Get action. Do things; be sane, don't fritter away your time...take a place whereever you are and be somebody. Get action.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.