I'm going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
There is no development of character without resistance, there is no growth of spirituality without overcoming. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Seek to share joy with others, or to make somebody else happy, and you will find your own soul radiant with the… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
There are seeds of happiness planted in every human soul. Our mental attitude and disposition constitute the environment in which these seeds… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Every noble impulse, every unselfish expression of love, every surrender of self to something higher than self, every loyalty to an ideal,… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“Prayer is the pulsation of a yearning, loving heart in tune with the Infinite. It is a message of the soul sent… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The young man who closes the door behind him, who draws the curtains, and there in silence pleads with God for help,… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The development of our spiritual nature should concern us most. Spirituality is the highest acquisition of the soul, the divine in man;… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“Every noble impulse, every unselfish expression of love; every brave suffering for the right; every surrender of self to something higher than… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Man's earthly existence is but a test as to whether he will concentrate his efforts, his mind, his soul upon things which… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
All good things require effort. That which is worth having will cost part of your physical being, your intellectual power, and your… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“A man may possess a profound knowledge of history and mathematics; he may be an authority in psychology, biology, or astronomy; he… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
But there is a beauty every girl has—a gift from God, as pure as the sunlight, and as sacred as life. It is a… — David O. McKay Copy Share
Free agency is a gift of God…The world does not comprehend the significance of that divine gift to the individual. It is as inherent… — David O. McKay Copy Share
Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can… — David O. McKay Copy Share
No parent can consistently teach faith in Christ who profanes the name of Deity. Profanity is never heard in the well-ordered home. Swearing is… — David O. McKay Copy Share
[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God. — David O. McKay Copy Share
“No thing worth while is obtained in this life without sacrificing, without putting forth effort. The evil one thrusts things upon us but God… — David O. McKay Copy Share
There are seeds of happiness in every soul. Our mental attitude and dispositions constitute the environment in which these seeds germinate. There is as… — David O. McKay Copy Share
He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities. — David O. McKay Copy Share
The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can change human lives. — David O. McKay Copy Share
“When you are tempted to stay away from that seventies' meeting, from that elder's meeting, from that deacons' quorum and you shrink from going… — David O. McKay Copy Share
And what is true education? It is awakening a love for truth; giving a just sense of duty; opening the eyes of the soul… — David O. McKay Copy Share
Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for nations. — David O. McKay Copy Share
