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" I had a lot of friends who were boys. I played ball with them, but we didn't date. They didn't ask me that much because I wasn't cute enough or because I didn't drink or party. "

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" There is nothing this confused world needs more, nothing that inspires a greater sense of well-being, nothing that has greater power to strengthen families than the gospel of Jesus Christ. "

Sheri L. Dew

Nothing

World

" Regardless of your marital status, your age, or the language you speak, you are a beloved spirit daughter of Heavenly Father who is destined to play a critical part in the onward movement of the gospel kingdom. "

" You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family. "

" Sisters, we as women are not diminished by priesthood power - we are magnified by it. I know this is true, for I have experienced it again and again. "

" I drove a tractor almost as soon as I could reach the pedals. "

" Our Father knew exactly what He was doing when He created us. He made us enough alike to love each other, but enough different that we would need to unite our strengths and stewardships to create a whole. "

" The pain of loneliness seems to be part of the mortal experience. But the Lord in His mercy has made it so that we need never deal with the challenges of mortality alone. "

" Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It defines our very identity, our divine stature and nature, and the unique traits our Father gave us. "

" Relief Society can help us turn away from the world, for its express purpose is to help sisters and their families come unto Christ. "

Sheri L. Dew

Purpose

Help

" For reasons known to the Lord, some women are required to wait to have children. This delay is not easy for any righteous woman. But the Lord's timetable for each of us does not negate our nature. "

" Our responsibility is to learn to draw upon the power of the Atonement. Otherwise, we walk through mortality relying solely on our own strength. "

" Very simply, our physical and spiritual safety lies in never even getting close to the line that separates light from dark, good from evil. "

" I was raised on a farm in Kansas where we lived next door to my Grandma Dew, and I was her shadow. We went everywhere together - to the bank, the doctor, the Early Bird Garden Club, and to an endless procession of Church meetings. "

" If you are in a position to influence someone, you are a leader. "

" Think about what there is to learn from your heritage, good and bad, and about what you want to cultivate and not cultivate. "

" Most significantly, the fullness of the priesthood contained in the highest ordinances of the house of the Lord can be received only by a man and woman together. "

" My mother made me take piano lessons, and because I am her oldest and she had not yet been worn down by the task of prodding five children to practice every day, she kept me practicing despite my whining. "

" I have 17 nieces and nephews, who are a pure delight. We have hiked and biked and fasted and prayed together. "

" It is easier to motivate people to do something difficult than something easy. "

" By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence. "

" Sisters, some will try to persuade you that because you are not ordained to the priesthood, you have been shortchanged. They are simply wrong, and they do not understand the gospel of Jesus Christ. "

" As sisters in Zion, we can be obstacles to the adversary's conspiracy against families and virtue. "

" It is no accident that faith in Jesus Christ - not only believing in Him but believing Him - is the first principle of the gospel. "

" Motherhood is not what was left over after our Father blessed His sons with priesthood ordination. It was the most ennobling endowment He could give His daughters, a sacred trust that gave women an unparalleled role in helping His children keep their second estate. "

" No 11-year-old girl wants to be 5-10. I always felt big and unattractive. "

" It is by letting the world go and coming unto Christ that we increasingly live as women of God. "

" My whole life, I've felt like I didn't quite measure up. "

Sheri L. Dew

Life

" God our Father and His Son Jesus Christ, with Their perfect foreknowledge, already recommended every one of you to fill your mortal probation during the most decisive period in the history of the world. "

" You cannot have a relationship with someone you can't trust. "

" Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right. "