Category: Quotes

  • The Importance of Open Conversations About Mental Health

    The Importance of Open Conversations About Mental Health

    “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

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  • Understanding Our Divine Nature and Destiny

    Understanding Our Divine Nature and Destiny

    “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.” -Reyna Aburto Full resource: Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with

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  • Finding Mental Health Support Through Faith

    Finding Mental Health Support Through Faith

    “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!,

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  • You Are Not Alone: Embracing God’s Guidance

    You Are Not Alone: Embracing God’s Guidance

    “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 Full Resource here in the Church News.

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  • Finding the Light on Your Path

    Finding the Light on Your Path

    “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 Full resource here from the Church News.

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  • The Lord’s Guidance on Meaningful Service

    The Lord’s Guidance on Meaningful Service

    “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

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  • Embracing Scars: Lessons in Courage and Strength

    Embracing Scars: Lessons in Courage and Strength

    “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

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  • The Impact of Scripture Study on Future Generations

    The Impact of Scripture Study on Future Generations

    “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

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  • Cultivating Charity: Lessons from Relief Society

    Cultivating Charity: Lessons from Relief Society

    “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

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  • Covenant Daughters: Inspiring Faith Legacies

    Covenant Daughters: Inspiring Faith Legacies

    “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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  • Understanding Mary’s Faithful Acceptance

    Understanding Mary’s Faithful Acceptance

    “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

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  • The Truth of Motherhood

    The Truth of Motherhood

    “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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  • Mother’s Day Reflections: Celebrating Women We Love

    Mother’s Day Reflections: Celebrating Women We Love

    “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

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  • The Restoration and Human Errors: A Reflection

    The Restoration and Human Errors: A Reflection

    “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 judgement, social pressures, and sin. So often, we make mistakes, just like any other group of God’s children. We are

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  • Finding Strength Through Suffering

    Finding Strength Through Suffering

    “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.

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