Within the covers of this volume you will find thoughts, stories, poems, and proverbs by authors as diverse as Spencer W. Kimball and Vince Lombardi. President Monson of the First Presidency has selected has favorite quotations and arranged them into eight sections. As he says in the preface, "Over the years I have collected quotations . . . that have influenced me with their simple but eloquent messages. May these short but important messages give you as much pleasure as they have given me."