Just that same thing I do twice a year! Revisit the talks from the previous Conference, pick a quote from each, share that quote with friends and family -- kind of as a daily ritual -- and then put all those quotes into one spot when I'm all done. So here goes:
SATURDAY MORNING:
“As I have watched workers dig out old tree roots, plumbing, wiring, and a leaky fountain, I have thought about the need for each of us to remove, with the Savior’s help, the old debris in our lives.” ~ PRESIDENT RUSSELL M. NELSON ("WELCOME MESSAGE")
“We are all infants compared to the beings of glory and grandeur we are designed to become. No mortal being advances from crawling to walking to running without frequent stumbles, bumps, and bruises. That is how we learn.” ~ ELDER DIETER F. UCHTDORF ("GOD AMONG US")
“…eternity is the wrong thing to be wrong about.” ~ SISTER JOY D. JONES ("ESSENTIAL CONVERSATIONS")
“Children inherit many things from their parents, but a testimony is not one of them. We can’t give our children a testimony any more than we can make a seed grow. But we can provide a nourishing environment…” ~ BROTHER JAN E. NEWMAN ("TEACHING IN THE SAVIOR'S WAY")
(On bullying:) “There is no place for this in your cyberspace, neighborhoods, schools, quorums, or classes. Please do all you can to make these places kinder and safer.” ~ ELDER GARY E. STEVENSON ("HEARTS KNIT TOGETHER")
“Our standing before the Lord and in His Church is not a matter of our marital status but of our becoming faithful and valiant disciples of Jesus Christ. Adults want to be seen as adults and to be responsible and contribute as adults.” ~ ELDER GERRIT W. GONG ("ROOM IN THE INN")
“It is in the temple that we can receive the assurance of loving family connections that will continue after death and last for eternity.” ~ PRESIDENT HENRY B. EYRING ("I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE")
SATURDAY AFTERNOON:
“Everyone has the right to be loved, to feel peaceful, and to find safety at home. Please, may we try to maintain that environment there.” ~ ELDER JEFFREY R. HOLLAND ("NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH")
“…we need everyone—those who may be strong and those who are perhaps struggling. All are necessary to the vital edification of the entire ‘body of Christ.’” ~ Elder JORGE T. BECERRA ("POOR LITTLE ONES")
“Jesus Christ overcame the world and ‘absorbed’ all unfairness. Because of Him, we can have peace in this world and be of good cheer. If we let Him, Jesus Christ will consecrate the unfairness for our gain.” ~ ELDER DALE G. RENLUND ("INFURIATING UNFAIRNESS")
“As covenant children of God, we love, honor, nurture, safeguard, and welcome those spirits who are coming from the premortal world.” ~ ELDER NEIL L. ANDERSEN ("THE PERSONAL JOURNEY OF A CHILD OF GOD")
“We pray, pray, and pray. This is our legacy.” ~ Elder THIERRY K. MUTOMBO ("YE SHALL BE FREE")
“Waiting upon the Lord does not imply biding one’s time. You should never feel like you are in a waiting room… Waiting upon the Lord implies action.” ~ PRESIDENT M. RUSSELL BALLARD ("HOPE IN CHRIST")
PRIESTHOOD SESSION:
(Regarding the youth:) “During a short period of time, they make decisions that have significant lifelong implications... These decisions, once made, have profound spiritual and practical implications for the remainder of their lives.” ~ ELDER QUENTIN L. COOK ("BISHOPS--SHEPHERDS OVER THE LORD'S FLOCK")
“…intentionally envisioning or viewing things that conflict with who you really are, especially pornography, will weaken your faith in Christ and, without repentance, could destroy it. Please use your imaginations to increase faith in Christ, not ruin it.” ~ BROTHER AHMAD S. CORBITT ("YOU CAN GATHER ISRAEL!")
“Our Heavenly Father wants us to love ourselves — not to become prideful or self-centered, but to see ourselves as He sees us: we are His cherished children. When this truth sinks deep into our hearts, our love for God grows.” ~ ELDER S. GIFFORD NIELSEN ("THIS IS OUR TIME!")
“I prayed that the people would feel the Lord’s love through my loving service. I have learned this is the key to serving and blessing others in His name.” ~ PRESIDENT HENRY B. EYRING ("BLESS IN HIS NAME")
“Our Savior feels and knows our temptations, our struggles, our heartaches, and our sufferings, for He willingly experienced them all as part of His Atonement.” ~ PRESIDENT DALLIN H. OAKS ("WHAT HAS OUR SAVIOR DONE FOR US?")
“You might initially wish you could go back to 2019 and stay there! But if you look at your life prayerfully, I believe you will see many ways in which the Lord has been guiding you through this time of hardship, helping you…” ~ PRESIDENT RUSSELL M. NELSON ("WHAT WE ARE LEARNING AND WILL NEVER FORGET")
SUNDAY MORNING:
“Furthermore, being born of a mortal mother, He inherited the physical death, but from God, as the Only Begotten Son of the Father, He inherited the power to lay down His own life and then to take it up again.” ~ ELDER ULISSES SOARES ("JESUS CHRIST: THE CAREGIVER OF OUR SOUL")
“In addition, He has made it possible for all of us to be reunited as families and have eternal joy in the presence of God if we will choose to make and keep sacred covenants with Him.” ~ REYNA I. ABURTO ("THE GRAVE HAS NO VICTORY")
“I invite all who feel sorrow, all who wrestle with doubt, all who wonder what happens after we die, to place your faith in Christ. I promise that if you desire to believe, then act in faith and follow the whisperings of the Spirit, you will find joy in this life and in the world to come.” ~ ELDER S. MARK PALMER ("OUR SORROW SHALL BE TURNED INTO JOY")
“It is not so much about what we are going through in life but what we are becoming.” ~ ELDER EDWARD DUBE ("PRESSING TOWARD THE MARK")
“When we remember to pray, we find His sustaining love, and the more we pray to our Father in Heaven in Christ’s name, the more we bring the Savior into our life and the better we will recognize the path He has marked to our heavenly home.” ~ ELDER JOSÉ A. TEIXEIRA ("REMEMBER YOUR WAY BACK HOME")
“…because of the Savior’s sacrifice and ransom, I will no longer refer to my challenges as trials and tribulations but as my learning experiences…” ~ ELDER TANIELA B. WAKOLO ("GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN")
“We may not be able to change all of what is coming, but we can choose how we prepare for what is coming.” ~ ELDER CHI HONG (SAM) WONG ("THEY CANNOT PREVAIL; WE CANNOT FALL")
“The Atonement of Jesus Christ is infinite and eternal and all-encompassing in its breadth and depth but wholly personal and individual in its effects.” ~ ELDER MICHAEL JOHN U. TEH ("OUR PERSONAL SAVIOR")
“The Savior is never closer to you than when you are facing or climbing a mountain with faith.” ~ PRESIDENT RUSSELL M. NELSON ("CHRIST IS RISEN; FAITH IN HIM WILL MOVE MOUNTAINS")
SUNDAY AFTERNOON:
“Without a Bill of Rights, America could not have served as the host nation for the Restoration of the gospel, which began just three decades later.” ~ PRESIDENT DALLIN H. OAKS ("DEFENDING OUR DIVINELY INSPIRED CONSTITUTION")
“He offers, ‘Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest’—rest from worry, disappointment, fear, disobedience, concern for loved ones, for lost or broken dreams. Peace amidst confusion or sorrow is a miracle.” ~ ELDER RONALD A. RASBAND ("'BEHOLD! I AM A GOD OF MIRACLES'")
“When the lights did return, the darkness instantly surrendered, as darkness must always surrender, to even the faintest light.” ~ ELDER TIMOTHY J. DYCHES ("LIGHT CLEAVETH UNTO LIGHT")
“Following the principles and commandments of the gospel of Jesus Christ day by day is the happiest and most satisfying course in life.” ~ ELDER D. TODD CHRISTOFFERSON ("WHY THE COVENANT PATH")
“How fundamental it is to know that He is our God, that we are His people, and that whatever circumstances surround us, if we are faithful and obey the covenants we have entered into, we can be ‘encircled about eternally in the arms of his love.’” ~ ELDER ALAN R. WALKER ("THE GOSPEL LIGHT OF TRUTH AND LOVE")
“Gospel principles are for me and you what a helm is to a ship. Correct principles enable us to find our way and to stand firm, steadfast, and immovable so we do not lose our balance and fall in the raging latter-day storms of darkness and confusion.” ~ ELDER DAVID A. BEDNAR ("'THE PRINCIPLES OF MY GOSPEL'")
“Ordinances of the temple fill our lives with power and strength available in no other way. We thank God for those blessings.” ~ PRESIDENT RUSSELL M. NELSON ("COVID-19 AND TEMPLES")
