Quotes from prophets, general authorities, & other church leaders

Here are just a few of my favorite quotes from prophets & other church leaders - Feel free to share some of your own favorites!



* "The primary reason for the commandment to avoid criticism is to preserve the spiritual well-being of the critizer, not to protect the person who is critized."
-Elder Dallin H. Oaks

* "Obedience is the means of progress, advancement, growth, and development."
-Elder James E. Talmage

* "May we not conclude that obedience, in and of itself, is a source of power...? Man can achieve naught of excellence in matters material or spiritual except through the exercise, the utilization, of that supreme form of energy, obedience."
-Elder James E. Talmage

* "Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you but what happens inside of you."
- Harold B. Lee

"Could we, should we ever demean ourselves and lose confidence when we consider the price our Savior has paid in our behalf and when we know we are offspring of God?"
-Ardeth G. Kapp
Former Young Women's General President in her book "Better Than You Think You Are"

In times when fear and despair seem to prevail, when humanity is feverish with no worldly physicians in sight, I... say, "Trust Jesus." Let him still the tempest... Believe that he can lift mankind from its bed of affliction, in time and in eternity.—Elder Jeffery R. Holland Ensign, November 1993


"I have learned through experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not our circumstances. " Gordon B. Hinkley


Selflessness is a key to happiness and effectiveness; it is precious and must be preserved as a virtue which guarantees so many other virtues.
—Spencer W. Kimball, Ensign, Nov. 1978

"There is no great or majestic music which constantly produces the harmony of a great love. The most perfect music is a welding of two voices into one spiritual solo. Marriage is the way provided by God for the fulfillment of the greatest of human needs, based upon mutual respect, maturity, selflessness, decency, commitment, and honesty. Happiness in marriage and parenthood can exceed a thousand times any other happiness."
-James E. Faust