Avoid Profanity

 “Avoid profanity. It is all around you in school. Young people seem to pride themselves on using filthy and obscene language as well as indulging in profanity, taking the name of our Lord in vain. It becomes a vicious habit which, if indulged in while you are young, will find expression throughout your life.”

Gordon B. Hinckley

Promises Through Blessings

“The Lord sets His standards so that He can bless us. Think about those blessings: He promises those who meet the standards the help of the Holy Ghost. He promises personal peace. He promises the chance to receive holy ordinances in His house. And He promises those who endure in living His standards that they will have eternal life. They will live in families in the presence of our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son.”

Henry B. Eyring 

Charity

“In his eloquent teachings on charity, Mormon tells us how we can regain the Light of Christ after He defines charity as “the pure love of Christ” and then exhorts us to “pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.” (Moroni 7:47-48).”

Elder Spencer J. Condie, “Living By the Light of Christ,” Ensign, Dec 2008, 58.

Pay the Costs

 “The greatest happiness in God’s generous plan is finally reserved for those who are willing to stretch and to pay the costs of journeying to His regal realm. Brothers and sisters, “come, let us anew [this] journey pursue.” 

Elder Neal A. Maxwell, “Consecrate Thy Performance,” General Conference in April 2002.

Standing for Truth

“We need individuals who have the spiritual righteous influence that will motivate others to enduring good. We need politicians of integrity, business-people who are honest and morally clean, attorneys who defend justice and the legal system, and government officials who preserve principle because it is right. Above all, we need mothers and fathers who will preserve the sanctity and safety of the home and the integrity of the family, where faith in God and obedience to His commandments are taught as the foundation of a productive life.”

“Elder Richard G. Scott, “Living Right,” Ensign, Jan 2007, 14. 

Now if the Time for Personal Conversion

“Now is the time for each of us to work toward our personal conversion, toward becoming what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. As we do so, we should remember that our family relationships . . . are the setting in which the most important part of that development can occur. The conversion we must achieve requires us to be a good husband and father or a good wife and mother. . . . Exaltation is an eternal family experience, and it is our mortal family experiences that are best suited to prepare us for it.”

Dallin H Oaks, “The Challenge to Become,” Ensign, Nov. 2000, 33. 

Individual Stumbling Blocks

 “How could we be entrusted with His “all” until our wills are much more like His? …let us inquire about our individual stumbling blocks, “Lord, is it this?”

Elder Neal A. Maxwell, “Consecrate Thy Performance,” General Conference in April 2002.