Most Important Commandment

 “The most important of all the commandments of God is that one that you’re having the most difficulty keeping today. If it’s one of dishonesty, if it’s one of unchastity, . . . .  today is the day for you to work on that until you’ve been able to conquer that weakness. Then you start on the next one that’s most difficult for you to keep.”

Harold B. Lee, in Ken Clements, “Californians Hear Pres. Lee,” Church News, May 5, 1973, 3. 

Don't Let Him!

“Satan seeks to tempt us when we are feeling weak and at what he perceives to be our weakest points. He will pick away at them in the hope that we will succumb.”

Elder Ian S. Ardern, “Shunning Temptation: A Key to Receiving Revelation,” Ensign, Feb 2014, 59. 

Tempations

 “If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us!”

Neal A. Maxwell, “Overcome . . . Even as I Also Overcome,” Ensign, May 1987, 71. 

Memorizing Scriptures

 “Great power can come from memorizing scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort, and be a source of motivation for needed change.”

Richard G. Scott, “The Power of Scripture,” Ensign, Nov. 2011, 6. 

Increase in Worthiness = Increase in Revelation

 “An increase in worthiness and spirituality brings an increase in revelation. Nephi understood this and used the counsel of the Lord to remind his two wayward brothers about the process of revelation: “If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you” (1 Nephi 15:11).

“This verse gives us a four-part formula for receiving revelation: softening our hearts, asking with faith in Christ, believing that we will receive, and keeping the commandments. Not all revelation comes immediately or as clearly as we may want, but it does come. The receipt of revelation depends on our faithfulness, but the clarity of revelation depends on our listening skills. Learn to listen for it, learn to feel it, learn to recognize how it comes to you, act upon it, and be grateful for it.”

Elder Ian S. Ardern, “Shunning Temptation: A Key to Receiving Revelation,” Ensign, Feb 2014, 56. 

The Seed of Faith

“One of the purposes of the Church is to nurture and cultivate the seed of faith—even in the sometimes sandy soil of doubt and uncertainty. Faith is to hope for things which are not seen but which are true [Alma 32:21].

“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters—my dear friends—please, first doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith.”

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Come Join with Us,” Ensign, Nov. 2013, 21. 

Do Nothing for the Triumph of Evil

 “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men [or women] do nothing.”

Statement often attributed to Edmund Burke.