Russell M. Nelson

“Each faithful young woman in the Church proclaims that individual worth is one of her most cherished values.”

“I feel impressed to counsel those engaged in personal challenges to do right. In particular, my heart reaches out to those who feel discouraged by the magnitude of their struggle.”

“All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.”

“Contention existed before the earth was formed.”

“Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.”

“I believe that in the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.”

“Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age.”

“Have you not learned that strength comes to an ordinary soul when given an extraordinary calling?”

“Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.”

“Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.”

“It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.”

“A faithful woman can become a devoted daughter of God - more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish, more anxious to exercise compassion than to exercise dominion, more committed to integrity than to notoriety. And she knows of her own infinite worth.”

“Agency is a divine gift to you. You are free to choose what you will be and what you will do.”

“We make the Sabbath a delight when we teach the gospel to our children.”

“Married or single, you sisters possess distinctive capabilities and special intuition you have received as gifts from God. We brethren cannot duplicate your unique influence.”

“Many shoulder heavy burdens of righteous responsibility which, on occasion, seem so difficult to bear. I have heard those challenges termed impossible.”

“Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.”

“I fear that there are too many priesthood bearers who have done little or nothing to develop their ability to access the powers of Heaven.”

“To rule children by force is the technique of Satan, not of the Savior.”

“My concern is that contention is becoming accepted as a way of life.”