Most of all, I think eternal marriage cannot be achieved without a commitment to make it work.

David Whitmer, a close associate of the Prophet and one of the Three Witnesses for the Book of Mormon

(A story that I’ve used countless times, and which has greatly impacted my life. It was given by Elder Boyd K. Packer in general conference, October 1972).

Faith is not about everything turning out OK; it’s about being OK no matter how things turn out.

“In 1967 Sister Ida Romney suffered a serious stroke

It was Christmas Eve 1881. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world had caved in on me because there just hadn’t been…

Along about the 1st of March, 1893, I found myself alone in the dining room, all had gone to bed

I’ve been enjoying your letters, and somehow they’ve brought back memories for me of traveling Oregon in a “chase truck” for fueling the helicopter.

After almost 31 years of marriage Maxine Rasmussen’s husband, Moon, was taken from her in an instant.

Growing up, I always had great faith that prayer is direct communication with Heavenly Father

There was a cobbler named Martin Avdeich who lived in the city. He lived in a cellar, in a little room with a single window.

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied

“I’m just an old farmer,” said 61-year old John Hess of Ashton, Idaho

I was a temple worker in the Portland, Oregon Temple for five years.

For Sherrie, the summer of 1991 began like all of her other fondly remembered summers

Forty-four years ago I heard William J. Critchlow Jr., then president of the South Ogden Stake,

[There is] an experience that I had as a youth which helped to teach me an important lesson.

When I was a very small boy, my father found a lamb all alone out in the desert

Since recently returning from a three-year Church assignment in Africa and becoming reacquainted with our twenty-three grandchildren,

The day school was out at the beginning of each summer, our family went to our ranch in Wyoming.

Some years ago, it was my privilege to visit the country of Morocco as part of an official United States government delegation.

Twas a sheep not a lamb that strayed away
In the parable Jesus told,

When I was nine or 10 years old my father, a cattleman, bought me 13 Columbia ewe lambs.

As I sat down to study about the priesthood one morning, and to think about what I could use as subject matter to teach my quorum,

Every year, Australia hosts 543.7-mile (875-kilometer) endurance racing from Sydney to Melbourne

The Catbird Seat, by James Thurber
Neighbour Rosicky, by Willa Cather
All of O. Henry’s short stories, but especially

“(Russ) Taylor, who is currently the department chairman of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at the BYU library, helps oversee a vast collection of rare books, films and artifacts.