"As you walt to the boundary of your understanding into the twilight of uncertainty, exercising faith, you will be led to find solutions you would not obtain otherwise. With even your strongest faith, God will not always reward you immediately according to your desires. Rather, God will respond with what in His eternal plan is best for you, when it will yield the greatest advantage. Be thankful that sometimes God lets you struggle for a long time before that answer comes. That causes your faith to increase and your character to grow."

-Richard G. Scott

(The Transforming Power of Faith and Character: October 2010)

"Religious faith is a store of light, knowledge, and wisdom and benefits society in a dramatic way when adherents engage in moral conduct because they feel accountable to God."

-Quentin L. Cook

(Let There Be Light! October 2010)

"The scriptures teach us, "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." For those who find themselves captive to past unrighteous choices, stuck in a dark corner, without all the blessings available by the righteous exercise of agency, we love you. Come back! Come out of the dark corner and into the light. Even if you have to walk across a newly varnished floor, it is worth it. Trust that "through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind [including you and me] may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel."

-Robert D. Hales

(Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life October 2010)

"I testify that by making the same choice to follow the Savior now, while we are here on earth, we will obtain an even greater blessing in the eternities. But let it be known: we must continue to choose to follow the Savior. Eternity is a stake, and our wise use of agency and our actions are essential that we might have eternal life."

-Robert D. Hales

(Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life October 2010)

"Our agency - our ability to choose and act for ourselves - was an essential element of this plan. Without agency we would be unable to make right choices and progress. Yet with agency we could make wrong choices, commit sin, and lose the opportunity to be with Heavenly Father again."

-Robert D. Hales

(Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life October 2010)

"As a woman, please don't judge how worthwhile, needed, and loved you are by our inept ability to express our true feelings. Your divinely conferred trait of giving of self without counting the cost leads you to underestimate your own worth."

-Richard G. Scott

(The Joy of Living the Great Plan of Happiness: October 1996)

"I promise you that through your obedience and continuing faith in Jesus Christ and your understanding of the whole plan of happiness, even if important parts of it aren't fulfilled in your life now, they will be yours in the Lord's due time. I also promise you that you can have significant growth and happiness now in your present circumstances. As a daughter or son of God, live whatever portion of the plan you can to the best of your ability."

-Richard G. Scott

(The Joy of Living the Great Plan of Happiness: October 1996)

"Your presence there will strengthen self-confidence of your children and decrease the chance of emotional challenges. Moreover, as you teach truth by word and example, those children will come to understand who they are and what they can obtain as divine children of Father in Heaven."

-Richard G. Scott

(The Joy of Living the Great Plan of Happiness: October 1996)

"Obedience to the plan is a requisite for full happiness in this life and continuation of eternal joy beyond the veil. Essential to His plan of happiness is agency - the right of personal choice."

-Richard G. Scott

(The Joy of Living the Great Plan of Happiness: October 1996)

"Brothers and sisters, seeing your example, I pledge anew my determination to be better, to be more faithful - more kind and devoted, more charitable and true as our Father in Heaven is and as so many of you already are."

-Jeffry R. Holland

(Because of Your Faith: October 2010)

"But sometimes we are 'healed' by being given strength or understanding or patience to bear the burdens placed upon us."

-Dallin H. Oaks (He Heals the Heavy Laden: October 2006)

"Consecration therefore means repentance. Stubbornness, rebellion, and rationalization must be abandoned, and in their place submission, a desire for correction, and acceptance of all that the Lord may require."

-D. Todd Christofferson

(Reflections on a Consecrated Life: October 2010)

"Men are that they might have joy' - a joy that includes a fullness of life, a life dedicated to service, to love and harmony in the home, and the fruits of honest toil - an acceptance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ - of its requirements and commandments."

-D. Todd Christofferson

(Reflections on a Consecrated Life: October 2010)