The Transforming Power of Faith and Character - Richard G. Scott

  When Elder Scott was in our home he left a connection with our family.  They were young and he found the way to connect with them by building some paper airplanes sitting on the floor of the family room.  Then in his suit, he went outside with them and flew them.  He was then and still is what he teaches us.
  There is so much in this talk that it needs to be read and pondered to be understood personally.  Some influential quotes I like:

• Faith in the future is demonstrated by a couple sealed in the temple.  ...when the challenges intended to be growth opportunities come, they will find ways, as prompted by the Holy Ghost, to overcome them in ways that are productive and character building.
• ...character is not developed in moments of great challenge or temptation.  That is when it is intended to be used.
• Hugh B. Brown said: "Wherever in life great spiritual values await man's appropriation, only faith can appropriate them.  Man cannot live without faith, because in life's adventure the central problem is character building - which is not the product of logic, but of faith in ideals and sacrificial devotion to them."
• Thus every time you try your faith - that is, act in worthiness on an impression - you will receive the confirming evidence of the Spirit.
• Be thankful that sometimes God lets you struggle for a long time before that answer comes.
• Your happiness on earth as well as your eternal salvation require many correct decisions, none of which is difficult to make.
• You cannot be passive in life, or in time the natural man will undermine your efforts to live worthily.
• Satan's increasing influence in the world is allowed to provide an atmosphere in which to prove ourselves.  While he causes havoc today, Satan's final destiny was fixed by Jesus Christ through His Atonement and the Resurrection.

  It seems there is no end to adversity, pride, covetous desires, contention or other challenges in the quest for character and that is as it should be during this life.