Excerpts from speech of Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

"We all face choices in the course of our lives, some of them with a siren song of wealth and prosperity; others appear less promising. Somehow the Lord has watched over and guided my choices, although it was not always evident at the time."

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference," (quoting poet Robert Frost).

"Presidents of the United States, a substantial number of them, have come to the office of the First Presidency . . . I have hosted and mingled with prime ministers and ambassadors of many nations . . . I have known and worked with every president of the church from Heber J. Grant . . . I have also walked among the impoverished and poor of the Earth and shared with them my love, my concern and my faith."

"I have lifted my voice on every continent, in cities large and small, all up and down, from north to south and east to west across this broad world. It is all a miracle."

"Joseph Smith was, and is, a prophet, the great prophet of this dispensation. This church, which carries the name of the Redeemer, is true."