“People who study the scriptures add a dimension to their lives that nobody else gets and that can’t be gained in any way except by studying the scriptures. There’s an increase in faith and a desire to do what’s right and a feeling of inspiration and understanding that can’t come in any other way.”

Bruce R. McConkie

Topics: Obedience, Scripture Study

“All of those called to the ministry…are given the gifts needed to perform the work whereunto they are called. These gifts are always the ones needed for the particular work at hand.”

Bruce R. McConkie

Topics: Being Called & Callings, Gifts of the Spirit, Missionary Work & Preparation

“The most important single thing any latter day saint ever does in this world is to marry the right person in the right place and by the right authority.”

Bruce R. McConkie | Agency or Inspiration?

Topics: Dating & Courtship, Marriage, Temples

“True learning must have a powerful spiritual component. That spiritual element, when it is effective, refines and uplifts the aims of our total education. . . . Remember, you are interested in education, not just for mortal life but for eternal life. When you see that reality clearly, you will put spiritual learning first and yet not slight the secular learning. In fact, you will work harder at your secular learning than you would without that spiritual vision.”

Elder Henry B. Eyring

Topics: Education, Knowledge, Testimony

“Real joy comes from righteous character, and that is built from a pattern of consistent righteous decisions. When the things that you acquire are used as tools to help others, they won’t rule your life. Your righteous decisions determine who you are and what is important to you. They make doing the right things easier. For happiness now and throughout your life, steadfastly obey the Lord, no matter what pressure you feel to do otherwise.”

Richard G. Scott | "Making the Right Decisions"

Topics: Character, Decisions, Happiness, Obedience, Peer Pressure, Righteousness

“That is why true religion is inseparable from suffering. It tells us the truth about our condition without flinching, offers no cheap solutions, and consoles none of the costly price.”

Terryl and Fiona Givens | The Crucible of Doubt

Topics: Opposition in All Things, Sacrifice, Salvation, Trials, Truth, Why Bad Things Happen to Good People

So far as I am concerned, I say, let everything come as God has ordained it. I do not desire trials; I do not desire affliction . . . but if . . . the powers of darkness are let loose, and the spirit of evil is permitted to rage, and an evil influence is brought to bear on the Saints, and my life, with theirs, is put to the test; let it come, for we are the Saints of the Most High God, and all is well, all is peace, all is right, and will be, both in time and in eternity.

John Taylor | (John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 5, 115-116)

Topics: Adversity, Faith, Peace, Trials

“If you do not magnify your callings, God will hold you responsible for those whom you might have saved had you done your duty.”

John Taylor

Topics: Being Called & Callings, Leadership, Sacrifice

The greatest need in the world today is faith in God and courage to do his will.

David O. McKay | Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, p. 171

Topics: Courage, Faith, Missionary Work & Preparation

“Education is yours to obtain. No one else can fain it for you. Wherever you are, develop a deep desire to learn.”

Russell M. Nelson

Topics: Agency, Education, Knowledge

“This unique mortal mission of the Lord—the gospel as He defined it—we know as the Atonement. The fulness of the gospel, therefore, connotes a fuller comprehension of the Atonement. This we do not obtain from the Bible alone. The word atonement, in any of its forms, is mentioned only once in the King James Version of the New Testament. In the Book of Mormon, it appears 39 times! The Book of Mormon also contains more references to the Resurrection than does the Bible.”

Russell M. Nelson | "A Testimony of the Book of Mormon," Conference October 1999

Topics: Atonement, Bible, Book of Mormon, Resurrection

“The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.”

Russell M. Nelson

Topics: Death, Love, Mortality, Physical

“Your mind is precious! It is sacred. Therefore, the education of one’s mind is also sacred. Indeed, education is a religious responsibility. Of course, our opportunities and abilities will vary a great deal. But, in the pursuit of one’s education, individual desire is more important than is the institution you choose; personal drive is more significant than is the faculty.”

Russell M. Nelson

Topics: Education, Knowledge

“How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God’s providence and love and express that gratitude to him. Ammon taught, ‘Let us give thanks to (God), for he doth work righteousness forever.’ Our degree of gratitude is a measure of our love for him.”

Russell M. Nelson | "Thanks Be to God"

Topics: Gratitude & Thanksgiving, Love

“The Holy Ghost causes our feelings to be more tender. We feel more charitable and compassionate with each other. We are more calm in our relationships. We have a greater capacity to love each other. People want to be around us because our very countenances radiate the influence of the Spirit. We are more godly in our character. As a result, we become increasingly more sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and thus able to comprehend spiritual things more clearly.”

Ezra Taft Benson | Ensign, April 1988

Topics: Character, Holy Ghost

“Those who understand the eternal blessings which come from the temple know that no sacrifice is too great, no price too heavy, no struggle too difficult in order to receive those blessings.”

Thomas S. Monson | “The Holy Temple—a Beacon to the World,” Liahona and Ensign, May 2011, 91–92.

Topics: Eternal Life, Family, Marriage, Sacrifice, Temples

“What are the three most important decisions? First, what will be my faith? Second, whom shall I marry? Third, what will be my life’s work?”

Thomas S. Monson | "Decisions Determine Destiny"

Topics: Agency, Career, Decisions, Faith, Marriage

“The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.”

Thomas S. Monson

Topics: Education, Knowledge, Remembrance

What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf | The Love of God

Topics: Change, Character, Decisions, Love

“Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God’s love encompasses us completely… He Loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken.”

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Topics: Nature of God

“Pride is a switch that turns off priesthood power. Humility is a switch that turns it on.”

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf | "Pride and the Priesthood"

Topics: Humility, Pride, Priesthood

“The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the apostles and prophets, concerning Jesus Christ. That he died, was buried, and rose again at the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.”

Joseph Smith

Topics: Jesus Christ, Restoration, Testimony

You cannot have adequate faith in a Christ you do not adequately know.

Elder Neal A. Maxwell | The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book

Topics: Faith, Knowledge, Scripture Study

If you are lonely, please know you can find comfort. If you are discouraged, please know you can find hope. If you are poor in spirit, please know you can be strengthened. If you feel you are broken, please know you can be mended.

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland | Broken Things to Mend, April 2006 General Conference

Topics: Inspirational Quotes, Trials