“We have to make sacrifices, but if done in meekness, with an eye single to the glory of God, we will never fail to reap a rich reward.”
– Drusilla D. Hendricks
Full resource, “The Prayer of Faith,” At The Pulpit
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“I know that prayer can lift the greatest burdens and rest the weary. Nothing else can give such perfect relief. Even the falling of a tear is prayer. There are times in the lives of all when we need extra strength and comfort. Be not discouraged in praying again and again for the same thing. God understands our needs, and he will bless us in his own way.:
– Ann M. Cannon
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“Let us follow the Savior’s path and increase our compassion, diminish our tendency to judge, and stop being the inspectors of the spirituality of others. Listening with love is one of the greatest gifts we can offer, and we may be able to help carry or lift the heavy clouds that suffocate our loved ones and friends so that, through our love, they can once again feel the Holy Ghost and perceive the light that emanates from Jesus Christ.”
Full source: “Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me!” October 2019 General Conference
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“Your struggles do not define you, but they can refine you.”
Full resource: “Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me!” October 2019 General Conference
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“Untreated mental or emotional illness can lead to increased isolation, misunderstandings, broken relationships, self-harm, and even suicide. I know this firsthand, as my own father died by suicide many years ago. His death was shocking and heartbreaking for my family and me. It has taken me years to work through my grief, and it was only recently that I learned talking about suicide in appropriate ways actually helps to prevent it rather than encourage it. I have now openly discussed my father’s death with my children and witnessed the healing that the Savior can give on both sides of the veil.”
Link to full source: “Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me!” October 2019 General Conference
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“All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and … each has a divine nature and destiny.” Like our Heavenly Parents and our Savior, we have a physical body and experience emotions.”
Full resource: Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me! October 2019 General Conference
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“Like any part of the body, the brain is subject to illnesses, trauma, and chemical imbalances. When our minds are suffering, it is appropriate to seek help from God, from those around us, and from medical and mental health professionals.”
-Reyna Aburto
Link to the entire resource: Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me!, October 2019 General Conference
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“I testify you are beloved. The Lord knows how hard you are trying. You are making progress. Keep going. … Your work is not in vain. You are not alone.”
-Sharon Eubank
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“Take a few more steps on the covenant path, even if it’s too dark to see very far. The lights will come back on.”
-Sharon Eubank
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“I want to reassure you that the Lord accepts all your efforts. The announcements in general conference about ministering in a higher and holier way weren’t necessarily asking us to do more. Our lists are already very full! But maybe we can do the right things. The simple things. The things the Lord Himself wants done.”
-Sharon Eubank
Full resource: To Women: “Doing Better Doesn’t Mean Doing More”, Church blog post
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“Courage is not about being impervious to danger, but being alive to it. Scars—and the damage we incur throughout the knocks and cuts and struggles of life—are not signs of devaluation, but symbols of hard-won strength. People in whom these physical, emotional, or spiritual scars are apparent, are people who have many things to teach you, because they have had many things to learn.”
-Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
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“I am ever grateful to my mother for her tenacity in keeping her commitment to raise up a righteous posterity even when her children were not always terribly congenial or happy about having to get out of bed for scripture study every morning. Her commitment has made a difference in my life—not least because I know the scriptures better because of morning service. Those blessings extend through future generations and continue to bless my family as I teach my children the gospel by reading the scriptures with them.”
-Sarah Westerberg
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“Because of women like you, we shall bless the world in ways our [Relief Society] founding mothers may never have dreamed of. I am confident that as the women of Zion earnestly seek to expand their faith, cultivate deeper hope, and develop and exercise charity, we shall walk past that threshold into a new realm of spiritual awareness and light.
-Elaine L. Jack
Link to full talk at BYU Speeches, Charity: How We Treat Each Other
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“Like my mother’s example to me, your choice to believe and keep covenants will leave a rich legacy of faith for those who follow you.”
-Jean A. Stevens
October 2014 General Conference
Full Resource: Covenant Daughters of God
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“Mary’s second verbal response in the story epitomizes, in my mind, the commitment and outlook of a disciple: ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word’ (Luke 1:38). ‘Handmaid’ indicates that Mary has chosen to accept the call that God has extended to her. This statement is Mary’s version of what her Son will say in Gethsemane, ‘not my will, but thine, be done’ (Luke 22:42).”
-Gaye Strathearn, Liahona, January 2019
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“Being a mother is a great blessing, not a sacrifice.”
-Carol B. Thomas
The full resource for this talk can be found here, “Strengthen Home and Family,” April 2022 General Conference
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“The months of March and May are times when we celebrate mother’s days (in the UK and USA, respectively); and International Women’s Day is on March 8. I believe it is healthy to celebrate women and to express love and thanks for them. Women are necessary in the Lord’s work and to society. There are many things I could say and many examples I could reference. We all have the examples of our mothers, aunts, grandmothers, daughters, sisters, and friends; women who love us and teach us so much.”
-Chelsea Craven O’Brien
Liahona, March 2023
Full resource link can be found here: In Memory of the Women Who Came Before Me.
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“As a child, I used to think that because the Restoration was all about fixing errors, our Church was error-free. But then I learned that we, the Latter-day Saints, are
not immune to errors, bad judgment, social pressures, and sin. So often, we
make mistakes, just like any other group of God’s children. We are subject to
the forces of culture and the transformations of time. We have good apples and
bad apples.”-Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
The full resource for this quote is here: “The importance and beauty of an imperfect, diverse body of Saints” LDSLiving
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“Having experienced suffering, one develops power over it — not the power to stop it, or take it away from someone you love, but to know its sorrows fade. Having experienced suffering, one receives power from it — the power to share others’ burdens and be humble, to see one’s own burdens and be kind. On the other side of suffering is strength.”
-Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
The full resource for this quote can be found here: “Christ and the Work of Suffering,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 36 (2020): 223-230
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“Christ shrank from none of the bitter indignities of mortality, in order to be someone who is not insulated from our difficult lived reality. If you only live in a beautiful, prosperous world in which the beautiful and righteous prosper, then people who spent the day curled up in pain are not for you, and you are not for them. But through his hard-won experience of mortal griefs and sorrows, Jesus sees us, knows us, is with us.”
-Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
Full resource can be found here, “A Lost Sheep,” Wayfare Magazine
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“May our lights be bright without a flicker, as we tend the lights along the shore. Let us each one reach out and touch another. Let us help carry one another’s burdens. In cooperation we can overcome great odds. Let us rejoice with one another. It may be just a smile, a note, a call, an encouraging word that says, ‘I care; I understand; I will stand by you and help you.’ These are life-saving measures in times of storm.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full Resource: A speech Given at the 1980 BYU Women’s Conference, title “Drifting, Dreaming, Directing”
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“There will continue to be much opposition to true doctrine; but by and by the storm subsides, the clouds disperse, the sun breaks forth, and the rock of truth is seen again, firm and lasting. There never was a true principle that was not met by storm after storm of opposition and abuse, until that principle had obtained such influence that it no longer paid to oppose it. But until that time, the opposition and the abuse have ebbed and flowed like the tide. It was a strong doctrine that rid Jesus of his weak disciples, and the same testing process continues today in determining those worthy of his kingdom.”
Full Resource: A speech given at the 1980 BYU Women’s Conference, title “Drifting, Dreaming, Directing”
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“We can follow the Brethren blindly, as one of my non-Mormon friends claims that we do—and I might add that it is far safer and better to follow them blindly than not at all—but that could be an abdication of our responsibility to direct our own lives and become spiritually independent. Again, following the practices alone is not enough. We must come to know the reason, indeed the doctrinal bases, for that practice; otherwise, when the practice or tradition is questioned or changed, those who do not understand the principle are prone to waver. They may even abandon or reject the very practice intended as a schoolmaster to carry them to an understanding of a saving and eternal principle.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full Resource: A speech Given at the 1980 BYU Women’s Conference, title “Drifting, Dreaming, Directing”
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“Being faithful does not necessarily develop faith. The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. To have faith in him is to know him, to know his doctrine, and to know that the course of our life is in harmony with and acceptable to him. It is relatively easy to be faithful, but faith is born out of study, fasting, prayer, meditation, sacrifice, service, and, finally, personal revelation.”-Ardeth Kapp
Full Resource: A speech Given at the 1980 BYU Women’s Conference, title “Drifting, Dreaming, Directing”
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“Following the practices, doing the right thing but without coming to know, understand, accept, and apply the saving principles and doctrines, we may be compared to one who spends his entire life stringing the instrument—never once hearing the music for which the instrument was created or incapable of recognizing it if he did.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full Resource: A speech Given at the 1980 BYU Women’s Conference, title “Drifting, Dreaming, Directing”
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“Choices must be decisive so that dreams and actions can be in harmony with each other. When we do something different than we know we should, it is like going into a final examination and putting down the wrong answer, even though we know the right one.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full Resource: Drifting, Dreaming, Directing, given at the BYU Women’s Conference in 1980.
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“Honoring our covenants is the only way to swim against the escalating opposition of our day.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full Resource: BYU Speeches, “Pray Not for Light Burdens but for Strong Backs”
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“As you become more and more familiar with the scriptures, they can eventually become your favorite stories, easy to read; and they will help you have determination to stand firm for righteousness, even when it’s hard.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full Resource: General Conference October 1985 “The Holy Scriptures: Letters from Home”
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“Learning to study the scriptures is like learning to walk. When you first begin reading them, you feel unsure; you’d much rather read something familiar, like a favorite story. But I can tell you from my experience, if you will try reading the scriptures every day, just as you kept trying to walk, these precious records will become as important to you as being able to walk. In fact, I believe more so. Every day will go better for you. Your confidence will grow, and you will find the strength to resist temptation and discouragement. But you have got to begin.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full Resource: General Conference October 1985 “The Holy Scriptures: Letters from Home”
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“Perhaps you are praying for blessings for your family and others you love. Don’t give up! Heavenly Father will show you what you can do.”
-Susan H. Porter
Full resource: April 2024 General Conference talk, “Pray, He is There.”
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“Sometimes you may want to know why something hard is happening in your life or why you didn’t receive a blessing you prayed for. Often the best question to ask Heavenly Father is not why but what.”
-Susan H. Porter
Full resource: April 2024 General Conference Talk, “Pray, He is There.“
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“Recent scholarship has constructed a different interpretation for Martha’s ‘much serving.’ It is suggested by scholars of the New Testament that the phrase ‘much serving’ is more closely aligned with the work or service of an ancient church Deacon and their responsibilities to minister to the needs of others in the faith which include devotion to proclaiming God’s word and daily provision for others. If Martha was in the practise of much serving, she may have lacked personal time for spiritual nourishment and perhaps was unaware of her own spiritual depletion. By calling her to His feet, Jesus recognised what she was neglecting for herself and did not deprive her the opportunity to listen and grow.
– Jen Marbray
Full resource: When God Comes To Women, “A Treasured Friendship.”
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“We don’t always need to be in the perfect frame of mind or the perfect place to receive revelation from God. In fact, if we only ever rely on the mountain top experience for our spiritual growth, we may find ourselves feeling starved and hungry. Yet if we are constantly looking and listening for daily spiritual experiences, ones that come to us in the daily work of our lives, then we will find ourselves overflowing with spiritual experience that keep our souls fed.”
-Heather FarrellFull Resource: God Comes to Women, “When You Can’t Climb the Mountain.”
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“Tradition and cultural boundaries are man made, and although not inherently evil, both often encompass biases, ignorance, and prejudices regarding gender and social justice. Unfortunately, some traditions have contributed to the abuse of women, controversy and oppression of gender, sexual violation, and sadly an imbalance of women’s voices and experiences throughout scripture.”
– Jen Mabray
Full Resource: God Comes to Women, “A Treasured Friendship.”
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“I have learned from personal experience that spiritual preparation for the coming of the Lord is not only essential but the only way to find true peace and happiness.”
-Amy A. Wright
Full resource is here: Abide the Day in Christ (General Conference October 2023)
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“We are intensely interested in peace and will stand squarely behind and program for peace that appears feasible.”
-Alice Louise Reynolds, Relief Society Magazine, “Women and Peace,” March 1929, pg 140.
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“I testify that Jesus Christ is our loving Savior, our Redeemer, the Master Healer, and our faithful friend. If we turn to Him, He will heal us and make us who again.”
-Cristina B. Franco
Full resource: The Healing Power of Jesus Christ (October 2020 General Conference)
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“It won’t matter if we play center stage or in the wings if our Lord and Savior is at the very center of our life.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full resource: That We May Prepare to Do Our Part (BYU Devotional)
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“The doctrine of grace and mercy through the Atonement is an ongoing, hourly, even moment-by-moment process.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full resource: “Encircled in the Arms of His Love” (BYU Women’s Conference speech)
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“What lies behind us and what lies before us is not as important today as what lies within us.”
-Ardeth Kapp
Full resource: “Encircled in the Arms of His Love” (BYU Women’s Conference speech)
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“Things don’t always turn out the way we plan, but don’t ever let what you haven’t done eclipse all the good you have done and are doing.”
― Ardeth G. KappFull resource: Doing What We Came To Do: Living a Life of Love
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“As we come unto Jesus Christ by exercising faith in Him, repenting, and making and keeping covenants, our brokenness—whatever its cause—can be healed. This process, which invites the Savior’s healing power into our lives, does not just restore us to what we were before but makes us better than we ever were.”
-Cristina B. Franco
Full resource here: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/34franco?lang=eng#title1
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“May the Atonement of Jesus Christ cause a ‘mighty change’ to be wrought in our hearts.” (Alma 5:12-15)
-Linda K. Burton
Full resource: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2012/10/is-faith-in-the-atonement-of-jesus-christ-written-in-our-hearts?lang=eng#kicker1
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“Mary Magdalene and other women followed Joseph and Nicodemus, watched where they laid Jesus’s body, and prepared sweet spices and ointments to anoint it. According to the strict laws of that day, they waited to further prepare and anoint the body because Saturday was the Sabbath. Then, early in the morning on Sunday, they went to the sepulchre. After realizing that the body of the Savior was not there, they went to tell the disciples who were Jesus’s Apostles. The Apostles came with them to the tomb and saw that it was empty. All but Mary Magdalene eventually left, wondering what had happened to the Savior’s body.”
“Mary Magdalene stayed at the tomb by herself. Only a few days before, she had seen the tragic death of her friend and Master. Now His tomb was empty, and she did not know where He was. It was too much for her to take in, and she wept. At that moment, the resurrected Savior came to her and asked why she was weeping and whom she was seeking. Thinking that the gardener spoke to her, she asked that, if he had taken her Lord’s body, to tell her where it was so she could get it.”
“I imagine that the Lord may have allowed Mary Magdalene to grieve and to express her pain. He then called her by her name, and she turned to Him and recognized Him. She saw the resurrected Christ and was a witness of His glorious Resurrection.”
-Reyna I. Aburto
Full resource: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/04/42aburto?lang=eng#kicker1
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“Are we not all apprentices learning to follow the Master Teacher? As His students, we need to carefully study His words, follow His example, and then gain valuable experiences applying His teachings. We need to love one another.”
-Pamela Jo Brubaker
Full resource: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/pamela-brubaker/jesus-christ-the-greatest-influencer-in-your-life/
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“Simple acts of judgment-free kindness, rendered through the pure love of Christ, have the power to part gray clouds and allow rays of sunshine to descend into our lives.”
-PAMELA JO BRUBAKER
Full resource: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/pamela-brubaker/jesus-christ-the-greatest-influencer-in-your-life
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“As covenant women of the Relief Society we have the role of bringing the Saviour’s relief to our families and to all of God’s children we help them bring them to Jesus Christ.”
-Kristin M. Yee, Relief Society 182nd Anniversary broadcast
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