The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature. - David O. McKay
As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, more appreciative of the good and the beautiful in the world, or we may choose the trashy, the vulgar, the obscene, which will make us feel as though we've been 'wallowing in the mire. - David O. McKay
The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul. - David O. McKay
True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character. - David O. McKay
Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man. - David O. McKay