Quotes from David O. McKay

Trust is greater than love.

True education is awakening a love for truth...opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life.

There is a crying need today to have this truth heralded throughout the land that youth especially may appreciate and hold the freedom of the individual as sacred as did our revolutionary fathers.

The world is hungry to hear the truth. ... We have it. Are we equal to the task-to the responsibility God has placed upon us?

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

True Christianity is love in action.

Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.

Always remember that a soldier's pack is lighter than a slave's chains.

Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

The purpose of the church is to make bad men good and good men better.

Man's greatest happiness comes from losing himself for the good of others.