Russell M. Nelson
Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are not superhuman. They are ordinary people with ordinary frailties. But therein lies the power of their example.
We are all pleased when our names are pronounced and spelled correctly.
Each faithful young woman in the Church proclaims that individual worth is one of her most cherished values.
We should understand the source of our authority and something of the keys that control its power.
My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils.
To bear means to support the weight of that which is held. It is a sacred trust to bear the priesthood, which is the mighty power and authority of God.
Young men and women, your education is ever important - to us, to you, and to God.
We were born with a capacity to grow, love, marry, and form families.
Missionaries serve to make life better for God's children.
Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.Collection: Life
We should not be discouraged or depressed by our shortcomings. No one is without weakness. As part of the divine plan, we are tested to see whether we master weakness or let weakness master us. Proper diagnosis is essential to proper treatment. The Lord gave us this remarkable assurance: "Because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong" (Ether 12:37). But wishing for strength won't make us strong. It takes faith and work to shore up a weakened cord of integrity.Collection: Strong
When we love somebody, we show it by doing something nice. So learn to serve: find a need and fulfill a need. Surprise people with a good deed they hadn't planned on. We have that opportunity at home, at school, and at church.Collection: Nice
Counting blessings is better than recounting problemsCollection: Blessing
With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.Collection: Adversity
Men are that they might have joy . . . not guilt trips.Collection: Men
Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never rightCollection: Ifs
God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but we are not. Each day, ours is the challenge to access the power of the Atonement so that we can truly change, become more Christlike, and qualify for the gift of exaltation and live eternally with God, Jesus Christ, and our families. For these powers, privileges, and gospel gifts, thanks be to God!Collection: Jesus
Each day is a day of decision, and our decisions determine our destiny.Collection: Destiny
The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity. You are never too young to learn, never too old to change. Your yearnings to learn and change come from a divinely instilled striving for eternal progression. Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.Collection: Wise
Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage - in every thought and deed.Collection: Life
Keep studying the scriptures, keep doing the things that build your faith in Jesus Christ and then notice the wise choices you are naturally drawn to makeCollection: Wise
The Lord can only teach an inquiring mind.Collection: Mind
Act by inspiration, motivated by love.Collection: Inspiration
Have faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy. [You] will encounter people who pick which commandments they will keep and ignore others that they choose to break. I call this the cafeteria approach to obedience. This practice of picking and choosing will not work. It will lead to misery. To prepare to meet God, one keeps all of His commandments. It takes faith to obey them, and keeping His commandments will strengthen that faith.Collection: Children
Our busy lives force us to focus on things we do from day to day. But the development of character comes only as we focus on who we really are.Collection: Character
There is no conflict between science and religion. Conflict only arises from an incomplete knowledge of either science or religion, or both.Collection: Incomplete Knowledge
To those who feel defeated and downtrodden, look to the early hours of the day for your rescue...Shadows of yesterday's grief melt in the rays of early morn's opportunity.Collection: Grief
How you deal with life’s trials is part of the development of your faith.Collection: Trials
Revelation need not all come at once. It may be incremental. 'Saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more' (2 Nephi 28:30). Patience and perseverance are part of our eternal progression.Collection: Perseverance
Sweet serenity is found in fervent prayer. Then, we forget ourselves and remember the reaching hands of the Savior, who said, "Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." As our burdens are shared with Him, they do become lighter.Collection: Sweet
While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.Collection: Choices
Now is the time to align our goals with God's goals.Collection: Goal
Faith is the antidote for fear.Collection: Spiritual
Obedience allows God’s blessings to flow without constraint. He will bless His obedient children with freedom from bondage and misery. And He will bless them with more light.Collection: Children
Regardless of gender, marital status, or age, individuals can choose to link themselves directly to the Savior, hold fast to the rod of His truth, and lead by the light of that truth. By so doing, they become examples of righteousness to whom others will want to cling.Collection: Light
When we realize that we are children of the covenant, we know who we are and what God expects of us.Collection: Children
Spirit and body, when joined together, become a living soul of supernal worth.Collection: Life
As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.Collection: Children
Sadly, many individuals don't know where to find God, and exclude him from their lives. When spiritual needs arise, they may look to the left, the right, or round about. But looking to other people on the same level cannot satisfy spiritual shortages. When the immortal spirit is starved, hunger persists for something more filling. Even when material success comes, there is a hollow ache - if living well falls short of living worthily. Inner peace cannot be found in affluence accompanied by spiritual privation.Collection: Spiritual
When we ponder His voluntary atonement, any sense of sacrifice on our part becomes completely overshadowed by a profound sense of gratitude for the privilege of serving Him.Collection: Gratitude
No other work transcends that of righteous, intentional parenting.Collection: Righteous
You can experience true delight on the Sabbath from family history work...Finding family members...can bring immense joy.Collection: Joy
Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God.Collection: Husband
In the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.Collection: Desire
The development of faith in the Lord is an individual matter. Repentance is also an individual matter. Only as an individual can one be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. Each of us is born individually; likewise, each of us is "born again" individually. Salvation is an individual matter.Collection: Development
An unprecedented wave of enthusiasm for missionary work is sweeping the entire earth. It is not man-made! It comes from the Lord, who said, “I will hasten my work in its time” (D&C 88:73).Collection: Men
The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self.Collection: Self Esteem
How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God's providence and love and express that gratitude to him. Ammon taught, 'Let us give thanks to (God), for he doth work righteousness forever.' Our degree of gratitude is a measure of our love for him.Collection: Gratitude
Ask the missionaries, they can help youCollection: Helping