Joseph B. Wirthlin Work Quotations

If we become ill, modern medicine can work healing miracles.

The responsibility to do missionary work rests with every member of the Church.

The Savior encouraged brotherhood. He was not a long-distance leader. He walked and worked with those whom he led. He was not afraid of close friendships. He spent many hours with his disciples, and his relationships with them were intimate.

Husbands, be patient with your wives; and wives, be patient with your husbands. Don't expect perfection. Find agreeable ways to work out the differences that arise.

Parents should plant deeply the seed of the work ethic into the hearts and habits of their children.

You can get people to work by using threats or by promising rewards.

As society has shifted from an agrarian to an urban structure, the joy and necessity of diligent, hard work have been neglected.

My own great-grandfather suffered so much from asthma that he had to walk a mile or two behind the covered wagons crossing the plains to avoid the dust. However, he always arrived at his destination and did his share of the work.