Sometimes the Only Way to Help Others Understand Our Concerns About Their Use of Profanity is to Tell Them Directly

Keeping Our Language Clean

“The words we use can lift and inspire, or they can harm and demean. In the world today there is a profusion of profanity with which we seem to be surrounded at nearly every turn. It is difficult to avoid hearing the names of Deity being used casually and thoughtlessly. Coarse comments seem to have become a staple of television, movies, books, and music. Bandied about are slanderous remarks and angry rhetoric. Let us speak to others with love and respect, ever keeping our language clean and avoiding words or comments that would wound or offend. May we follow the example of the Savior, who spoke with tolerance and kindness throughout His ministry.”

President Thomas S. Monson, “Be an Example and a Light,” Ensign, Nov. 2015, 86.