“God will not desert us. He never has, and He never will. He cannot do it. It is not in His character to do so.”
| "Remarks," Deseret Evening News, March 7, 1891
| "Latter-day Saints Keep on Trying"
“No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep on picking ourselves up each time. We shall of course be very muddy and tattered children by the time we reach home. But the bathrooms are all ready, the towels put out, the clean clothes in the airing cupboard. The only fatal thing is to lose one’s temper and give up.”
| “Living the Abundant Life,” Ensign, Jan. 2012, 4.
“My beloved brothers and sisters, fear not. Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith.”
“God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to embrace and shape the future — to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.”
“But how are we to be made happy? There is one course—love the Giver more than the gift.”
| JD 9:31, Brigham Young, The Gifts of God, Etc.