“Often in our most difficult times the only thing we can do is endure. We may have no idea what the final cost in suffering or sacrifice may be, but we can vow never to give up. In doing so we will learn that there is no worthy task so great nor burden so heavy that will not yield to our perseverance. We can make it…however long and hard the road.”
These words provide the theme for this thought-provoking and inspirational book. Each chapter, a message of hope, has been adapted from an address or essay by Dr. Jeffrey R. Holland, president of Brigham Young University. He explains:
“All of my professional life has been spent with young people, and universally they (like the rest of us) have needed support, encouragement, reassurance, and confidence. They have, in short, needed hope—that incentive to keep moving, keep trying, and keep believing until hope’s sister virtues of faith and charity can also work their miracles.”
President Holland draws on examples from classical and current literature, from the lives of persons in the Bible and Book of Mormon, from figures in Church history as well as today, and especially from the life and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. He tells how others have overcome temptations and feelings of inadequacy and, through repentance, have obtained forgiveness and strength—and how we too may find success in our searchings…however long and hard the road.
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