"Our commitment to freedom of religion and treating all people as sons and daughters of God is central to our doctrine."

-Quentin L. Cook

(Let There Be Light! October 2010)

"You will know you have a true friend and counselor when the advice you are given makes it easier to live the commandments and when you are not asked to choose between a wayward friend's ways and the Lord's ways."

-Robert D. Hales

(Making Righteous Choices at the Crossroads of Life: October 1988)

"May we recognize that each one is doing her best to deal with challenges which come her way, and may we strive to do our best to help out."

-Thomas S. Monson

(Charity Never Faileth: October 2010 Relief Society)

"There is a serious need for the charity that gives attention to those who are unnoticed, hope to those who are discouraged, aid to those who are afflicted. True charity is love in action. The need for charity is everywhere."

-Thomas S. Monson

(Charity Never Faileth: October 2010 Relief Society)

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

-Thomas S. Monson

(Charity Never Faileth: October 2010 Relief Society)

"If attitudes, deeds, and spiritual inclinations were reflected in physical features, would the countenance of the woman who complained be as lovely as that of the woman she criticized?"

-Thomas S. Monson

(Charity Never Faileth: October 2010 Relief Society)

"There is really no way we can know the heart, the intentions, or the circumstances of someone who might say or do something we find reason to criticize."

-Thomas S. Monson

(Charity Never Faileth: October 2010 Relief Society)

"None of us is perfect."

-Thomas S. Monson

(Charity Never Faileth: October 2010 Relief Society)

"One who lives a consecrated life does not seek to take advantage of another but, if anything, will turn the other cheek..."

-D. Todd Christofferson

(Reflections on a Consecrated Life: October 2010)

"... we will move together in power to go wherever God would have us go and to become what he wants us to be."

-Henry B. Eyring "Our Hearts Knit as One"

You know, it sounds like we're all supposed to be friends. I've chosen to focus on loving everyone for this semester because I think that's something that we can all forget easily. We're supposed to be friends. Enemies aren't supposed to be made within a ward. Judgement shouldn't be made whether or not your neighbor is wearing the latest style. Who are we to judge? We are no where perfect either. We are all in the same boat trying to get to the same place. Lets be friends.

"Revelation is the only way we can know how to follow the will of the Lord together. It requires light from above. The Holy Ghost will testify to our hearts, and the hearts of those gathered around us, what He would have us do. And it is by keeping His commandments that we can have our hearts knit together as one."

-Henry B. Eyring "Our Hearts Knit as One"

"He cannot grant it to us as individuals. The joy of unity He wants so much to give us is not solitary. We must seek it and qualify for it with others. It is not surprising then that God urges us to gather so that He can bless us. He wants us to gather into families."

- Henry B. Eyring: "Our Hearts Knit as One"

Contention departs our homes and our lives as we strive to live these Christlike attributes. “And ye shall also forgive one another your trespasses; for verily I say unto you, he that forgiveth not his neighbor’s trespasses when he says that he repents, the same hath brought himself under condemnation.”

- Juan A. Uceda of the Seventy