Goals not quotas

Now somebody also got mixed up and they thought goal was spelled, 'q-u-o-t-a,' and it isn't; that's another word. Now there's a tremendous difference between a goal and a quota. (Spencer W. Kimball, Regional Representatives’ Seminar, 3 April 1974.).

Open Your Mouths

If we do not do our duty in regard to missionary service, then I am convinced that God will hold us responsible for the people we might have saved had we done our duty. (Spencer W. Kimball, Ensign, [October 1977]: 5).

Greatest Miracle

I have seen miracles in my time, my brothers and sisters. The greatest miracle of all, I believe, is the transformation that comes into the life of a man or a woman who accepts the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and tries to live it in his or her life. (Gordon B. Hinckley, Vacaville/Santa Rosa California Regional Conference, 21 May 1995).

Most Important Duty

After all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to preach the gospel. (Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church, 2:478).

Greatest Work - Missionary Work

The missionary work of the Latter-day Saints is the greatest of all the great works in all the world. (Heber J. Grant, Conference Report, October 1921, p. 5).

Voice of the True Messenger

There is no more welcome voice to the honest in heart than the voice of the true messenger preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. (Harold B. Lee, Conference Report, April 1961, p. 34).

Worth of a Soul

A single soul saved is of more value than the wealth or intelligence of the world, because without salvation our wealth or intelligence will be of no particular value to us. (Heber J. Grant, Liahona, the Elders' Journal, 21:180).

Someone said that "books are among life's most precious possesions.

They are the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that man builds ever lasts. Monuments fall, civilizations perish, but books continue. The perusal of a great book is, as it were, an interview with the noblest men of past ages who have written it."

Faith Without Works is Dead

The kind of faith that moves one to get on his knees and plead with teh Lord and then get on his feet and go to work. (President Hinckley)

Growing in love, more and more, daily

"A thousand discoveries that daily glow from all her deeds and actions." (John Milton, Paradise Lost) - Thinking on how grateful we are for the woman we married

Preparing for Valentines Day

Love is what you go through together. (James Thurber)

Courage to Live

"Courage becomes a living and an attractive virtue when it is regarded not only as a willingness to die manfully, but also as a determination to live decently."

President Thomas S. Monson
Ensign, May 2004, 55-56

Revelation most often comes when we are on the move!

When we have a sincere desire to share the gospel with others, and when we have sought divine assistance in our efforts, what should we do? How do we proceed? We begin by beginning. We should not wait for a further invitation from heaven. Revelation comes most often when we are on the move.
- Dallin H. Oaks, Gen Conf 10/2002

More LDS Top One-liners

1. No success can compensate for failure in the home. (Harold B. Lee)

2. Every member a missionary. (David O. McKay)

3. Lengthen your stride! and Do it! (Spencer W. Kimball)

4. Families are forever.

5. The kingdom of God or nothing. (John Taylor)

6. That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not because the nature of the thing has changed, but our ability to do has increased. - (Heber J. Grant quoting Emerson)

7. A single man over 25 is a menace to society

8. Make it a habit to go to bed the same day that you got up.” (Richard L. Evans)

9. "The Holy Ghost goes to bed at midnight” (what I always told my children)

10. Obedience is the first law of heaven.” (And Auschwitz.)

11. When the prophet speaks the debate is over.

12. Forget yourself and go to work. (President Hinckley's father)

Top Latter-day Saint One-Liners - A top 5 list

What LDS one-liner would make your top five list?

1. The glory of God is intelligence.

2. A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge.

3. Adam fell that men might be, and men are that they might have joy.

4. Wickedness never was happiness.

5. I teach men correct principles and they govern themselves.

One-liners from the Lord

"Why not, therefor, take full advantage of the answers contained in the tutoring questions and their emerging and instructive one-liners from the Lord?" (Neal A. Maxwell, Men & Women of Christ, Chapter 9)

Why Does the Church Face Opposition?

You don't throw rocks at an empty mango tree. (A well-known Trini saying)