The Weak and Simple of the Church by President Boyd K. Packer

"When I was a young man, I was a home teacher to a very old sister. She taught me from her life experience.
"When she was a little girl, President Brigham Young came to Brigham City, a great event in the town named after him. To honor him, the Primary children, all dressed in white, were lined up along the road coming into town, each with a basket of flowers to spread before the carriage of the President of the Church.
"Something displeased her. Instead of throwing her blossoms, she kicked a rock in front of the carriage, saying, 'He ain't one bit better than my Granpa Lovelund.'"

"There is a natural tendency to look at those who are sustained to presiding positions, to consider them to be higher and of maor value in the Church or to their families than an ordinary member. Somehow we feel they are worth more to the Lord than are we. It just does not work that way!"

"No service could be more important to the Lord than the devotion they give to one another and to their little children. The ultimate end of all activity in the Church centers in the home and the family.
"As General Authorities of the Church, we are just the same as you are, and you are just the same as we are. You have the same access to the powers of revelation for your families and for your work and for your calling as we do."