"Many assembled tonight have responsibility to provide leadership to those holding the Aaronic Priesthood. To you I say: The finest teaching you can provide is that of a good example. Youth need fewer critics and more models to follow. All of us who are engaged in the Lord's work have the responsibility to reach out to those who are less active and bring them to the service of the Lord. Their souls are ever so precious." (Ensign, November 1989)

Giving

"When we catch the vision regarding the worth of human souls, when we realize the truth of the adage, 'God's sweetest blessings always flow through hands that serve him here below,' then we have quickened within our souls the desire to do good, the willingness to serve, and the yearning to lift to a higher plane the children of God.

"Such was the experience of William Norris, formerly the chairman of a large computer manufacturing firm and a friend of many years. Mr. Norris determined to build a plant in an area of extreme poverty. The neighborhood was predominantly composed of a minority race — unmarried women with children, uneducated, uncared-for but needing help. These women became the work force in the production of high-tech computers.

"I had the privilege to be hosted by Mr. Norris and to be given a tour of his new facility. I was impressed with the employment provided — but more impressed with the company nursery, which occupied a wing of the building. Here, while their mothers worked, children received schooling, including proficiency with computers. Since most of the children did not have fathers and grandfathers who cared, retired grandfathers in the community were invited to have lunch with them. The children were benefited, and the grandfathers had a special blessing brought into their lives.

"As a result of Mr. Norris's dream, the chain of poverty was broken. Children learned to earn. It was as though William Norris had personally blessed the life of each worker. Through the window provided by Mr. Norris — even love in action — I saw demonstrated the philosophical and practical truth: The bottom line of living is giving." (Ensign, November 1989)