Learn to be … obedient above all things—that you might be able to carry out the Lord’s work in the majestic way in which it must be done.

As my eyesight dims somewhat, I think my vision improves—my vision of the long road, my vision of what lies ahead.

We are ambitious for Christ when we serve faithfully, accept humbly, endure nobly, pray fervently, and partake worthily.

I would like to invite you to “be … an example of the believers … in faith [and] in purity.”

Great things are brought about and burdens are lightened through the efforts of many hands “anxiously engaged in a good cause.”

We must deliberately take time each day to disconnect from the world and connect with heaven.

Joseph W. Sitati teaches about our roles in the plan of salvation and how fulfilling those roles will help us become like God.

Being meek does not mean weakness, but it does mean behaving with goodness and kindness.

When we choose to believe, exercise faith unto repentance, and follow our Savior, Jesus Christ, we open our spiritual eyes to splendors we can scarcely imagine.

The Holy Ghost will protect us against being deceived, but to realize that wonderful blessing we must always do the things necessary to retain that Spirit.

Stand firm. Be steadfast. “Stand for truth and righteousness.” Stand as a witness. Be a standard to the world. Stand in holy places.

Take heart, brothers and sisters. Yes, we live in perilous times, but as we stay on the covenant path, we need not fear.

[The] guides from the book of Joshua will combine to provide the most powerful source of courage and strength there is: faith in our Heavenly Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ.

Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith.

The gospel of Jesus Christ gives us the strength and the eternal perspective to face what is coming with good cheer.

I testify that “peaceable followers of Christ” will find personal peace in this life and a glorious heavenly reunion.

Elder Johnson teaches that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can be cleansed of our sins and imperfections. Our perfection is only possible through God’s grace.

Tragedies never triumph where personal righteousness prevails.

The preparation that counts will be made by the young men making choices to rise to their great destiny as priesthood servants for God.

ElRay L. Christiansen - When Solomon declared: “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city” (Prov. 16:32), he knew that individual spiritual development cannot be realized without self-discipline.

Let us—all of us—have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle.

You can share your testimony in many ways—by the words you speak, by the example you set, by the manner in which you live your life.

The small and simple things you choose to do today will be magnified into great and glorious blessings tomorrow.

Whether full-time missionaries or members, we should all be good examples of the believers in Jesus Christ.

Fill your mind with truth; fill your heart with love; fill your life with service.

Humility enables us to be better parents, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, neighbors and friends.

Elder Cook teaches about the importance of gaining our own testimonies of Jesus Christ, repenting of our sins, and staying true to God and His work. We all need to seek our own testimony of Jesus Christ, bridle our passions, repent of our sins, and be true to God and His work.

Qualify yourselves as did the 2,000 stripling soldiers by being valiant in courage as worthy priesthood holders.

Our prayer today is that every man and woman will leave this general conference more deeply committed to heartfelt care for one another.

True conversion occurs as you continue to act upon the doctrines you know are true and keep the commandments, day after day, month after month.

If we persevere, then somewhere in eternity our refinement will be finished and complete.

Each must strive to learn his duty and then to do it to the best of his ability.

In a society of unstable values and confusing voices, testimony can be the means by which parents give children an anchor for their faith.

The unique burdens in each of our lives help us to rely upon the merits, mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah.

As a bearer of God’s priesthood and as a disciple of Jesus Christ, you are a bearer of light.

As we strive to live our lives in harmony with the gospel of Jesus Christ, our conduct will be a living testimony of our Redeemer.

We need not fear the future, nor falter in hope and good cheer, because God is with us.

Sister Yee teaches that we are blessed as we follow the Savior on the healing path of forgiveness. To live in such a way that you give beauty for the ashes of your life is an act of faith that follows the Savior.

Our Father in Heaven has provided for us all that is required so that we can become holy as He is holy.

Because of Him, even our Savior, Jesus Christ, those feelings of sorrow, loneliness, and despair will one day be swallowed up in a fulness of joy.

I invite all who hear me today to read the Book of Mormon and to apply the promise it contains. Those who do will know that the book is true.

A father succeeds when he steps forward and accepts his commitment as a father, always loving, praying for and doing what he can for his family, and never giving up.

My thanks to all you wonderful members of the Church … for proving every day of your life that the pure love of Christ “never faileth.”

If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do.

If we have a heart to learn and a willingness to follow the example of children, their divine attributes can hold a key to unlocking our own spiritual growth.

The constellation of characteristics that result from faith in Christ are all necessary to our standing strong in these last days.

I pray that you wonderful young men will not only be worthy to receive ministering angels, but that you … will become a ministering angel in the lives of others.

You and I, today and always, are to bear witness of Jesus Christ and declare the message of the Restoration. … Missionary work is a manifestation of our spiritual identity and heritage.

I hope those to whom you minister will see you as a friend and realize that, in you, they have a champion and a confidant.

As we obey His commandments and serve our fellowmen, we become better disciples of Jesus Christ.

I leave my love and blessing upon you, that you may feast upon the word of the Lord and apply His teachings in your personal lives.

There are many ways that goodly parents can access the help and support they need to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to their children.

A person does not need to have a Church calling, an invitation to help someone, or even good health to become an instrument in God’s hands.

The Lord is bound by solemn covenant to bless our lives according to our faithfulness. Only He can turn us into men in whom the Spirit of God, namely the Holy Ghost, is.

In the Lord’s timing, it is not where we start but where we are headed that matters most.

We can become more powerful in blessing the lives of our Heavenly Father’s sons and daughters, more powerful in serving others.

When we [trust in the Lord], we will come to realize that we have been on His holy errand, that His divine purposes have been fulfilled, and that we have shared in that fulfillment.

When we live providently, we can provide for ourselves and our families and also follow the Savior’s example to serve and bless others.

Our modified Sunday service is to emphasize the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper as the sacred, acknowledged focal point of our weekly worship experience.

Those who find a way to truly behold the Man find the doorway to life’s greatest joys and the balm to life’s most demanding despairs.

Our vision of you and your work looks beyond the outward appearance of a boy and sees instead a bearer of the holy priesthood outfitted with its attendant powers, duties, and blessings.

A true man is strong enough to withstand the wiles of Satan and humble enough to submit himself to the redemptive powers of the Savior.

No love in mortality comes closer to approximating the pure love of Jesus Christ than the selfless love a devoted mother has for her child.

In today’s world, children will need … each of us to protect, teach, and love them.

I believe that by His example the Savior was teaching us of the individual and tender care we should give to each one of our little children—indeed to each of our Heavenly Father’s children. It may be the lovable toddler or the wayward teen, the grieving widow or the grateful woman for whom all is well. It may even be your own son or daughter or your own husband or wife. Each is an individual. Each has divine potential. And each must be spiritually nourished and temporally cared for with love, tenderness, and individual attention.

What a joy it will be for all Melchizedek Priesthood holders to have the blessing of teaching, learning, and serving shoulder to shoulder.

Elder Rasband testifies that miracles continue to bless followers of Jesus Christ, according to our faith and God’s will.

We cannot expect to learn endurance in our later years if we have developed the habit of quitting when things get difficult now.

This is the call of Christ to every Christian today: “Feed my lambs. … Feed my sheep.”

Seeking and receiving the acceptance of the Lord will lead to the knowledge that we are chosen and blessed by Him.

By being teachable, we activate the full force and blessings of the Atonement in our lives.

Learning to be temperate in all things is a spiritual gift available through the Holy Ghost.

Believe in yourselves. Believe that you are never alone. Believe that you will always be guided.

We achieve the abundant life by becoming true disciples of Jesus Christ—by following in His ways and engaging in His work.

Believe that remaining strong and faithful to the truths of the gospel is of utmost importance. I testify that it is!

I testify that you do fit, that you do belong to Relief Society—the Good Shepherd’s fold for women.

At the heart of all we do in Young Women is our desire to help you gain unshakable faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

These are momentous times in which we are living as Saints of the Most High. … Let us go on rearing our children in righteousness and truth. Let us be good neighbors and good friends.

I offer a plea that each of us will seek to live closer to the Lord and to commune with Him more frequently and with increased faith.

God our Eternal Father lives. … Jesus is the Christ, the Redeemer of mankind. They have restored Their work in this last and final dispensation through the instrumentality of the Prophet Joseph.

If you always pay an honest tithing, the Lord will bless you. It will be the best investment you will ever make.

Stay on the priesthood path by deepening your conversion and strengthening your family. … Avoid tragedy by heeding spiritual “Beware” signs placed along our way by God and prophets.

Beware of those who speak and publish in opposition to God’s true prophets.

Obedience is essential to realize the blessings of the Lord.

As we increase our understanding and love for the Savior, His light will illuminate everything around us. We will then see evil for what it is.

I pray that we may prepare ourselves to give whatever priesthood service the Lord may set before us on our mortal journey.

The Church is no bigger than a ward. … Everything needed for our redemption, save for the temple, is centered there—and temples now come ever closer to all of us.

The burden [of a bishop] is a heavy one that cannot be fulfilled without the supportive efforts of ward officers and members.

Elder Cook teaches about how bishops care for members of the rising generation in their wards.

President Eyring teaches priesthood holders that the purpose for their receiving the priesthood is to bless people on the Lord’s behalf and in His name, magnifying their callings with love and diligence.

May God bless our genuine efforts to be pure of heart and mind, that “virtue [may] garnish [our] thoughts unceasingly.”

Peace is a prime priority that pleads for our pursuit.

Living water heals. It nourishes and sustains. It brings peace and joy.

Continuous revelation has been received and is being received through channels the Lord has established.

The Latter-day Saints must lead out in sanctifying this appointed day each week.

The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ.

If we keep our covenants, the promises we receive in return are great.

I fear … that too many of us are either not fasting on fast day or we are doing so in a lackadaisical manner.

Decide now to make general conference a priority in your life. Decide to listen carefully and follow the teachings that are given.

God’s children on the earth today have the opportunity to understand His plan of happiness for them more fully than at any other time.

Joseph Fielding Smith - It is by the power and authority of the priesthood that the gospel is preached, and what greater blessing can come into the life of anyone than to receive the gospel?

We will be blessed as we feel gratitude for the Atonement of Jesus Christ, renew our baptismal covenants, feel forgiveness, and receive inspiration from the Holy Ghost.

Thomas S. Monson teaches of the comfort, peace, and strength that can come to us as we attend the temple.

Worship is essential and central to our spiritual life. It is something we should yearn for, seek out, and strive to experience.

Now it is up to us to study the Book of Mormon and learn of its principles and apply them in our lives.

Family history and temple work should be a regular part of our personal worship.

This article is a brief summary of the missionary journey of Samuel Smith and his usage of the Book of Mormon, which resulted in the conversion of Rev. John P. Greene and others.

This article is a plea to the members of the Church to study the Book of Mormon. Critics of the Book of Mormon visit the homes of members pointing out the changes in the Book of Mormon and discrepancies with the Bible.

This article argues that vast amounts of marvelous evidences for the Book of Mormon have accumulated. Archaeological evidences include the many discoveries in the Americas—La Venta, Izapa stone, Quetzalcoatl, bearded-men statues, Egyptian type burials, arts, metals, and textiles. The writings of sixteenth-century Indian historians, such as the Totonicapan, Popol Vuh, Annals of the Cakchiquels, and the Works of Ixtlilxochitl, and the writings of the sixteenth-century Catholic priests Bernardino de Sahagun, Bishop Bartholome de Las Casas, Diego de Landa, and Juan de Torquemad present correlations and correspondences to the Book of Mormon.

Jesus Christ gave us the Book of Mormon as the instrument to gather scattered Israel.

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.

The Book of Mormon is an endless treasure of wisdom and inspiration, of counsel and correction.

This article claims that the Book of Mormon and restoration of the gospel fulfill the prophecies in Isaiah 29:13-14 and Daniel 2:35. The author states that the Book of Mormon is its own best witness, and that the Lord only asks the reader to honestly and prayerfully desire to know its truthfulness.

In a most miraculous and singular way, the Book of Mormon teaches us of Jesus Christ and His gospel.

Together with the Bible, the Book of Mormon is an indispensable witness of the doctrines of Christ and His divinity.

This article states that the contents of the Book of Mormon are multifaceted. It contains elements pertaining to drama, archaeology, exploration, travel, anthropology, astronomy, geology, psychology, political science, scientists, military strategy, and many other subjects. The major value of the book is its religious influence upon individuals.

I pray that we will continue to use the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ to share the gospel message with family and friends.

The full benefit of forgiveness of sin through the Savior’s Atonement begins with repentance and baptism and then expands upon receiving the Holy Ghost.

Spiritual rebirth originates with faith in Jesus Christ, by whose grace we are changed.

As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church.

Jesus Christ … has built the bridges over which we must cross if we are to reach our heavenly home.

Genealogies, family stories, historical accounts, and traditions … form a bridge between past and future and bind generations together in ways that no other keepsake can.

This marvelous Restoration has provided that which we need to recognize misguided philosophies and lifestyles … not pleasing to our Heavenly Father.

We declare that the great restoration that the ancient prophets spoke of began in 1820 when the Lord called a young man named Joseph Smith to reestablish the Church.

Even in the most difficult and darkest of times, there is light and goodness all around us.

We can, with the Lord’s help, reach out and rescue those for whom we have responsibility.

Missionaries will continue to do the best they can, but wouldn’t it be better if you and I stepped up to do a job that is rightfully ours?

As conversion matures and is sustained through the workings of the Holy Ghost, peace and healing come to the soul.

Those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit are willing to do anything and everything that God asks of them.

When He says to the poor in spirit, “Come unto me,” He means He knows the way out and He knows the way up.

May we enjoy more the spiritual kinship that exists between us and value the different attributes and varied gifts we all have.

When we live the gospel of Jesus Christ, when we draw upon the Savior’s Atonement and press forward with faith, we are fortified against the adversary.

Our mortal life is the time for men to meet God by building a bridge of faith, opening the door into immortality and eternal life.

In any community of Saints, we all work to serve each other in the best way we know how. Our work has a higher purpose because it is work to bless others and to build the kingdom of God.