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“…On our own initiative we can find ways to extend ourselves in helping
others and contributing to the building of the Lord’s kingdom.”

M. Russell Ballard, Ensign, May 1992, 75

“I know that many of you are concerned about raising your children during

these difficult times and increasing their faith. When my wife and I were

starting our family in the San Francisco Bay Area, we had that same concern.

At a critical point our stake members were advised by Elder Harold B. Lee,

then a member of the Twelve, that we could raise our families in

righteousness if we would:

1. Follow the prophet.

2. Create the true spirit of the gospel in our hearts and homes.

3. Be a light to those among whom we live.

4. Focus on the ordinances and principles taught in the temple. (See D&C

115:5; Harold B. Lee, “Your Light to Be a Standard unto the Nations,” Ensign

Aug. 1973, 3–4.)

“As we followed this counsel, our faith increased and our fears decreased. I

believe we can raise righteous children anywhere in the world if they are

taught religious principles in the home.”

Quentin L. Cook, Ensign, Nov 2007, 70–73

“In daily discipleship, the many ways to express selfishness are matched by

many ways to avoid it. Meekness is the real cure, for it does not merely

mask selfishness but dissolves it! Smaller steps could include asking

ourselves inwardly before undertaking an important action, Whose needs am I

really trying to meet?”

Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, May 1999

March 6, 2010

“In the ideal home the soul is not starved, neither are the growth and
expansion of the finer sentiments paralyzed for the coarse and sensual
pleasures. The main aim is not to heap up material wealth, which generally
draws further and further from the true, the ideal, the spiritual life; but
it is rather to create soul-wealth, consciousness of noble achievement, an
outflow of love and helpfulness.“

Teachings of Presidents of the Church:
Joseph F. Smith, 381

“… [One] aspect of obedience is our obedience to spiritual promptings..
How many times have we felt regret for ignoring a prompting from a higher
source?”

James E. Faust, Ensign, May 1999, 45

“There is a simple cure for the terrible malady of forgetting God, His
blessings, and His messages to us. Jesus Christ promised it to His disciples
when He was about to be crucified, resurrected, and then taken away from
them to ascend in glory to His Father… The key to the remembering that
brings and maintains testimony is receiving the Holy Ghost as a companion.
It is the Holy Ghost who helps us see what God has done for us. It is the
Holy Ghost who can help those we serve to see what God has done for them.”
Henry B. Eyring, Liahona, Nov 2007, 66–69

“How consoling it is to those who are called upon to mourn the loss of dear
friends in death, to know that we will again be associated with them!”
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, 49

“There is no royal road to repentance, no privileged path to forgiveness.
Every man must follow the same course whether he be rich or poor, educated
or untrained, tall or short, prince or pauper, king or commoner. ‘For there
is no respect of persons with God.’ (Rom. 2:11.).” Teachings of Presidents
of the Church:

Spencer W. Kimball, (2006),34–45