Use this quote to teach your family about true happiness

As Irma approaches Florida, here are some of the ways members there are preparing, as well as how members in Puerto Rico are recuperating after the hurricane.

At 10 years old, Lota has already faced hardships most adults can only dream of.

In the course of only a few weeks, there have been horrendous mudslides in Sierra Leone, three catastrophic hurricanes along the southeastern coast of the United States and across multiple other islands in the Caribbean, devastating floods in the U.S., India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and other places across the world, destructive fires in the northwest United States, tragic earthquakes, and all sorts of other natural disasters.

In 2015, the Huffington Post re-posted an article from the Salt Lake Tribune, reporting on a group of Latter-day Saint “preppers” who are preparing for the end of the world.

Justin Su’a has gone from the seminary classroom to the sidelines and dugouts of NFL and MLB teams to inspire professional athletes to be the best that they can be.

"They were the first group that I saw step up to the plate."

After Mexico was hit by one of the most powerful earthquakes ever to strike the country, with a magnitude of 8.2 that killed dozens of people and devastated cities, the Church released the following statement:

Here's one creative way a Mormon mom served the victims of Hurricane Harvey, offering all she could to bring smiles to children's faces. “A lot of people had trucks, they had boats, and they were going around rescuing people,” Mary Mecham said. “I don’t have a truck, I don’t have a boat and I was trying to figure out . . . ‘What can I do?"

Over the years, apostles, general auxiliary leaders, and general authorities have shared countless stories and examples of valuable lessons they've learned from their parents or taught to their own children. Here are a few of our favorite stories and the inspiring parental advice each of them share.