MOTHERHOOD

1.  "Motherhood lies at the foundation of happiness in the home, and of prosperity in the nation."
Joseph Fielding Smith, Counsel to the Saints and to the World, April 1972 General Conference 

2. "Perhaps the reason we respond so universally to our mothers’ love is because it typifies the love of our Savior."

Bradley D. Foster, Mother Told Me, April 2010 General Conference

3. “Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.”

Neil L. Anderson, Children, October 2011 General Conference

4.  ". . . motherhood is the means by which God carries forward his grand design of continuity of the race."
Gordon B. Hinckley, Live Up to Your Inheritance, October 1983 General Conference

5.  ". . . it is by divine design that the role of motherhood emphasizes the nurturing and teaching of the next generations.
L. Tom Perry, Becoming Goodly Parents, October 2012 General Conference

6.  "There is no one perfect way to be a good mother.  Each situation is unique.  Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children.  The choice is different and unique for each mother and each family. . . What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
M. Russell Ballard, Daughters of God, April 2008 General Conference

7.  "As mothers in Israel, you are your daughters' first line of defense against the wiles of the world."

M. Russell Ballard, Mothers and Daughters, April 2010 General Conference

8.  "Motherhood is the noblest and greatest of all callings."

L. Tom Perry, An Elect Lady, April 1995, General Conference

9.  ". . . the joy of motherhood comes in moments.  There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction."

M. Russell Ballard, Daughters of God, April 2008 General Conference

10.  "Like the stripling warriors in the Book of Mormon, our children can be motivated, blessed, and, most of all protected by the faith and wise counsel of righteous mothers."

Virginia U. Jensen, Creating Places of Security, October 1997 General Conference   

11.   "There is no role in life more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood."

M. Russell Ballard, Daughters of God, April 2008 General Conference

12.  "Thank the Lord for these sisters who - like our Heavenly Father - love us not only for what we are but for what we may become."

Russell M. Nelson, Our Sacred Duty to Honor Women, April 1999 General Conference

SINGLE PARENTING

1.  "You are striving to raise your children in righteousness and truth, knowing that while you cannot change the past, you can shape the future."

David S. Baxter, Faith, Fortitude, Fulfillment: A Message to Single Parents, April 2012 General Conference

2.  "The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.  Single parents, most of whom are mothers, perform an especially heroic service."

James E. Faust, Father, Come Home, April 1993 General Conference

3.  "To mothers raising children alone, remember that you and the Lord constitute a majority.  As your arms encircle your little ones, His arms are there, too.  Feel secure, for His arms are lengthened out toward us all the day long."

Mary F. Foulger, Motherhood and the Family, October 1980 General Conference

4.  "Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead—a lot of it—30 years of it now, and still counting. You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.”
Jeffrey R. Holland, "An High Priest of Good Things to Come," October 1999 General Conference

5.  “Stay on the Lord’s side, and you will win every time.”

Richard G. Scott, For Peace At Home, April 2013 General Conference

6.  “Even when it may seem very difficult to pray, kneel and ask Father in Heaven to give you the capacity to trust Him and to feel His love for you."

Richard G. Scott, To Heal the Shattering Consequences of Abuse, April 2008 General Conference

7. "But the test a loving God has set before us is not to see if we can endure difficulty. It is to see if we can endure it well. We pass the test by showing that we remembered Him and the commandments He gave us. And to endure well is to keep those commandments whatever the opposition, whatever the temptation, and whatever the tumult around us."
Henry B. Eyring, In the Strength of the Lord, April 2004 General Conference

8.  "Our challenge is to endure. There will always be testings and trials along life’s paths. Heartaches and tragedies need not defeat us if we remember God’s promise."

Marvin J. Ashton, "If Thou Endure It Well," October 1984 General Conference

9.  ". . . never feel that you are in some kind of second-tier subcategory of Church membership, somehow less entitled to the Lord’s blessings than others. In the kingdom of God there are no second-class citizens."
David S. Baxter, Faith, Fortitude, Fulfillment: A Message to Single Parents, April 2012 General Conference

10.  "Think about your life and set your priorities. Find some quiet time regularly to think deeply about where you are going and what you will need to do to get there. Jesus, our exemplar, often “withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed” (Luke 5:16). We need to do the same thing occasionally to rejuvenate ourselves spiritually as the Savior did."

M. Russell Ballard, Keeping Life's Demands in Balance, April 1987 General Conference

FORGIVENESS

1.  "If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being."

James E. Faust, The Healing Power of Forgiveness, April 2007 General Conference

2.  "The fruit of true repentance is forgiveness, which opens the door to receive all of the covenants and ordinances provided on this earth and to enjoy the resulting blessings."

Richard G. Scott, Finding Forgiveness, April 1995 General Conference

3.  "If we have been wronged or injured, forgiveness means to blot it completely from our minds. To forgive and forget is an ageless counsel."

Spencer W. Kimball, The Power of Forgiveness, October 1977 General Conference

 
4.  "When our hearts are filled with the love of God, we become “kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving.”

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, The Merciful Obtain Mercy, April 2012 General Conference

5.  "When memory of past mistakes encroaches upon your mind, turn your thoughts to the Redeemer and to the miracle of forgiveness with the renewal that comes through Him. Your depression and suffering will be replaced by peace, joy, and gratitude for His love."

Richard G. Scott, The Path to Peace and Joy, October 2000 General Conference

6.  "If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being."

James E. Faust, The Healing Power of Forgiveness, April 2007 General Conference

7.  "When there has been wrongdoing and then there has come repentance, followed by forgiveness, then literally the offender who was lost is found, and he who was dead is made alive."

Gordon B. Hinckley, Forgiveness, October 2005 General Conference

8.  "The fruit of true repentance is forgiveness, which opens the door to receive all of the covenants and ordinances provided on this earth and to enjoy the resulting blessings."

Richard G. Scott, Finding Forgiveness, April 1995 General Conference

9.  ". . . Heaven is filled with those who have this in common: They are forgiven. And they forgive."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, The Merciful Obtain Mercy, April 2012 General Conference

10.  "To earn forgiveness, one must make restitution. That means you give back what you have taken or ease the pain of those you have injured."

Boyd K. Packer, The Brillian Morning of Forgiveness, October 1995 General Conference 

REPENTANCE

1.  "The invitation to repent is rarely a voice of chastisement but rather a loving appeal to turn around and to “re-turn” toward God."

Neil L. Andersen, "Repent . . . That I May Heal You," October 2009 General Conference

2.  "Repentance is like unto a detergent.  Even ground - in stains of sin will come out."

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

3.  "Because we are accountable and we make the choices, the redemption from our own sins is conditional - conditioned on confessing and abandoning sin and turning to a godly life, or in other words, conditioned on repentance."

D. Todd Christofferson, Redemption, April 2013 General Conference

4.  "Repentance means a change of mind and heart—we stop doing things that are wrong, and we start doing things that are right. It brings us a fresh attitude toward God, oneself, and life in general."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Point of Safe Return, April 2007 General Conference

5.  "It is not repentance per se that saves man. It is the blood of Jesus Christ that saves us. It is not by our sincere and honest change of behavior alone that we are saved, but “by grace that we are saved, after all we can do” (2 Nephi 25:23)."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Point of Safe Return, April 2007 General Conference

6.  "No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort."

Boyd K. Packer, And a Little Child Shall Lead Them, April 2012 General Conference

7.  "You may in time of trouble think that you are not worth saving because you have made mistakes, big or little, and you think you are now lost. That is never true! Only repentance can heal what hurts. But repentancecan heal what hurts, no matter what it is."

Boyd K. Packer, Counsel to Youth, October 2011 General Conference

8.  "Repentance is the sweet fruit that comes from faith in the Savior and involves turning toward God and away from sin."

David A. Bednar, Clean Hands and a Pure Heart, October 2007 General Conference

9.  "For most, repentance is more a journey than a one-time event. It is not easy. To change is difficult. It requires running into the wind, swimming upstream. Repentance is turning away from some things, such as dishonesty, pride, anger, and impure thoughts, and turning toward other things, such as kindness, unselfishness, patience, and spirituality. It is “re-turning” toward God."

Neil L. Anderson, "Repent... That I May Heal You," October 2009 General Conference

10.  "Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression."

D. Todd Christofferson, The Divine Gift of Repentance, October 2011 General Conference

11.   "Nowhere are the generosity and the kindness and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance."

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

12.  "Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate.  The key is labeled - repentance.

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

13.  "Sometimes in our repentance, in our daily efforts to become more Christlike, we find ourselves repeatedly struggling with the same difficulties. As if we were climbing a tree-covered mountain, at times we don’t see our progress until we get closer to the top and look back from the high ridges. Don’t be discouraged. If you are striving and working to repent, you are in the process of repenting."
     

Neil L. Andersen, Repent. . . That I May Heal You, October 2009 General Conference

PORNOGRAPHY

1.  "In our day the dreadful influence of pornography is like unto a plague sweeping across the world, infecting one here and one there, relentlessly trying to invade every home, most frequently through the husband and father.  The effect of this plague can be, unfortunately often is, spiritually fatal."

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

2.  "Participation in pornography in any of its lurid forms is a manifestation of unbridled selfishness."

Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, October 2009 General Conference

3.  "Pornography is like a raging storm, destroying individuals and families, utterly ruining what was once wholesome and beautiful."

Gordon B. Hinckley, A Tragic Evil among Us, October 2004 General Conference

4.  "Like thieves in the night, unwelcome thoughts can and do seek entrance to our minds. But we don’t have to throw open the door, serve them tea and crumpets, and then tell them where the silverware is kept! (You shouldn’t be serving tea anyway.) Throw the rascals out! Replace lewd thoughts with hopeful images and joyful memories; picture the faces of those who love you and would be shattered if you let them down."

Jeffrey R. Holland, Place No More for the Enemy of My Soul, April 2010 General Conference

5.  "Pornography, though billed by Satan as entertainment, is a deeply poisonous, deceptive snake that lies coiled up in magazines, the Internet, and the television."

David E. Sorensen, You Can't Pet a Rattlesnake, April 2001 General Conference

6.  "Avoid any semblance of pornography. It will desensitize the spirit and erode the conscience. We are told in the Doctrine and Covenants, “That which doth not edify is not of God, and is darkness.”  Such is pornography."

Thomas S. Monson, True to the Faith, April 2006 General Conference

7.  "When I consider the demons who are twins—even immodesty and immorality—I should make them triplets and include pornography.  They all three go together."

Thomas S. Monson, Peace, Be Still, October 2002 General Conference

8.  "Satan, with his angels, will try to capture your thoughts and control what you do. If he can, he will corrupt anything that is good.  To him the Internet is just that—a net to ensnare you into wicked addiction with pornography. Unhappiness will follow."

^{Boyd K. Packer, "The Standard of Truth Has Been Erected," October 2003 General Conference}

9.  "Satan has become a master at using the addictive power of pornography to limit individual capacity to be led by the Spirit. The onslaught of pornography in all of its vicious, corroding, destructive forms has caused great grief, suffering, heartache, and destroyed marriages. It is one of the most damning influences on earth. Whether it be through the printed page, movies, television, obscene lyrics, vulgarities on the telephone, or flickering personal computer screen, pornography is overpoweringly addictive and severely damaging."

Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, October 2009 General Conference

10.  "Pornography impairs one’s ability to enjoy a normal emotional, romantic, and spiritual relationship with a person of the opposite sex. It erodes the moral barriers that stand against inappropriate, abnormal, or illegal behavior. As conscience is desensitized, patrons of pornography are led to act out what they have witnessed, regardless of its effects on their life and the lives of others."

Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, April 2005 General Conference

11.  "Pornography will always repel the Spirit of Christ and will interrupt the communications between Heavenly Father and His children and disrupt the tender relationship between husband and wife."

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

12.  "Priesthood holders carry with them the antidote to remove the terrible images of pornography and to wash away guilt.  The priesthood has the power to unlock the influence of our habits, even to unchain from addiction however tight the grip.  It can heal over the scars of past mistakes."

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

13.  "Strangely enough, it may be that the simplest and most powerful prevention and cure for pornography, or an unclean act, is to ignore and avoid it."

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

AGENCY

1.  "We are free to choose what we will and to pick and choose our acts, but we are not free to choose the consequences.  They come as they will come."

Boyd K. Packer, These Things I Know, April 2013 General Conference

  

2.  "Each choice you and I make is a test of our agency - whether we choose to be obedient or disobedient to the commandments of God is actually a choice between "liberty and eternal life" and "captivity and death."

L. Tom Perry, Obedience to Law Is Liberty, April 2013 General Conference

3.  "As we press forward along the strait and narrow path, we build progressive spiritual strength - strength in using our agency to act for ourselves."

Robert D. Hales, Stand Strong in Holy Places, April 2013 General Conference

4.  "Whenever we choose to come unto Christ, take His name upon us, and follow His servants, we progress along the path to eternal life.  In our mortal journey, it is helpful to remember that the opposite is also true: when we don’t keep the commandments or follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, our opportunities are reduced; our abilities to act and progress are diminished."

Robert D. Hales, Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life, October 2010 General Conference

5.  "Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard."

D. Todd Christofferson, Moral Discipline, October 2009 General Conference

6.  "Our agency does allow us to choose among alternate paths, but then we are bound to the consequence God has decreed. Later, if we don’t like where the path takes us, the only out is through repentance."

Richard G. Scott, Healing Your Damaged Life, October 1992 General Conference

7.  "The decisions we make, individually and personally, become the fabric of our lives. That fabric will be beautiful or ugly according to the threads of which it is woven."

Gordon B. Hinckley, This Work is Concerned with People, April 1995 General Conference

8.  "Agency used righteously allows light to dispel the darkness and enables us to live with joy and happiness."

Robert D. Hales, To Act for Ourselves: The Gift and Blessings of Agency, April 2006 General Conference

9.  "Having the eternal plan as a goal in our lives, we will make eternal choices. However, we will not make the right eternal choices based solely on our pure intellectual deduction and factual analysis from our own understanding: Prayer and study must be used together to build knowledge and wisdom."

Robert D. Hales, Making Righteous Choices at the Crossroads of Life, October 1988 General Conference  

10.  "Men and women receive their agency as a gift from God, but their liberty and, in turn, their eternal happiness come from obedience to His laws."

L. Tom Perry, Obedience to Law Is Liberty, April 2013 General Conference

11.  "Agency is precious.  We can foolishly, blindly give it away, but it cannot be forcibly taken from us."

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference