"If anyone is foolish enough or misled enough to reject 531 pages of a heretofore unknown text teeming with literary and Semitic complexity without honestly attempting to account for the origin of those pages—especially without accounting for their powerful witness of Jesus
Christ and the profound spiritual impact that witness has had on what is now tens of millions of readers—if that is the case, then such a person, elect or otherwise, has been deceived."
"That is another challenge—that the young people will understand that ... [prospective missionaries] must be physically well, mentally well, spiritually well, and that 'the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.':
~President Spencer W. Kimball
"President Kimball’s teaching about the expectation for young men to serve a mission became a topic of conversation in homes around the world. That expectation has not changed."
~President M. Russell Ballard
"Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers."
~President Ezra Taft Benson
"If some [difficult issues] are not resolved to the satisfaction of everyone, perhaps they constitute part of the cross Jesus said we would have to take up in order to follow Him."
~Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
"In the eternities, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will resolve all unfairness. ... To my knowledge, They have not revealed how or when. What I do know is that They will."
~Elder Dale G. Renlund
"By divine design, fathers are ... responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families.
"Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children."
~The Family: A Proclamation to the World
"The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have counseled together in a spirit of prayer and with a yearning to understand how to help all who feel alone or feel they don’t belong. We long to help all who feel this way."
~President M. Russell Ballard
"Our purpose in sharing the gospel is to invite all to come unto Jesus Christ, receive the blessings of the restored gospel, and endure to the end through faith in the Savior."
~Elder David A. Bednar
Universal peace does not exist today. However, personal peace can be achieved despite the anger, contention, and division that blight and corrupt our world today. It has never been more important to seek personal peace.
~Elder Quentin L. Cook
"This love of God is the first great commandment in the universe. But the first great truth in the universe is that God loves us exactly that way—wholeheartedly, without reservation or compromise, with all of His heart, might, mind, and strength."
~Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
"When difficult things are asked of us, even things contrary to the longings of our heart, remember that the loyalty we pledge to the cause of Christ is to be the supreme devotion of our lives."
~Elder Jeffrey R. Holland