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(3/17/97)
A Relief Society president in Ghana understood the "glories" related
to the temple. Talking to some visitors to her ward, she took a small
folded piece of paper from her purse and said reverently, "I am a
temple recommend holder." It may be years before she can afford to go
to London or Johannesburg but she has a reminder that she is worthy
and willing. The Lord asks no more. — President Elaine L. Jack,
General Conference, October 1996
(3/18/97)
If every man in this church who has been ordained to the Melchizedek
Priesthood were to qualify himself to hold a temple recommend, and
then were to go to the house of the Lord and renew his covenants in
solemnity before God and witnesses, we would be a better people. There
would be little or no infidelity among us. Divorce would almost
entirely disappear. So much of heartache and heartbreak would be
avoided. There would be a greater measure of peace and love and
happiness in our homes. There would be fewer weeping wives and weeping
children. There would be a greater measure of appreciation and of
mutual respect among us. And I am confident the Lord would smile with
greater favor upon us. — Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley, General Conference,
October 1995
(3/19/97)
We examine our worthiness to enter the temple in our annual temple
recommend interviews with priesthood leaders. Our signature, with
theirs, on our temple recommend testifies of our worthiness to enter
the temple. How important it is to be completely honest with our
bishop. To be less than completely honest with him about our
worthiness creates a breach of integrity which compounds the
seriousness of concealed sins. When we present our recommend to the
attendant at the temple, we reaffirm our worthiness to enter the
temple. — Elder David B. Haight, General Conference, April 1992
(3/20/97)
The blessings available through the gift of the Holy Ghost are
conditioned upon worthiness. "(T)he Spirit of the Lord doth not dwell
in unholy temples." (Hel. 4:24; also see Mosiah 2:36-37; 1 Cor.
3:16-17) Even though we have a right to his constant the Spirit of the
Lord will only dwell with us when we keep the commandments, He will
withdraw when we offend that Spirit by profanity, uncleanliness,
disobedience, rebellion, or other serious sins. — Elder Dallin H.
Oaks, General Conference, October 1996
(3/21/97)
It is my hope and prayer that we will learn individually and
collectively the importance of the process of becoming worthy. We are
entitled to the help of others not only in assessing our worthiness
but also in making the classification of "worthy" available to each of
us. As we measure our worthiness, let us no longer put limitations
upon ourselves. Rather, let us use those strengths and powers that are
available to make us worthy to gain great heights in personal
development. Thus we will reap the joy that comes to those who desire
to improve and move forward with determination and effectiveness as
they practice self-discipline and refuse to judge themselves as
unworthy. — Elder Marvin J. Ashton, General Conference, April 1989
(3/22/97)
Be an example in your Church activity--honor the Sabbath day, attend
your meetings, observe the Word of Wisdom, pay your tithes and
offerings, support your leaders, and otherwise keep the commandments.
Serve cheerfully and gratefully in every calling you receive. Live
worthy of a temple recommend and enjoy the sweet, sacred spirit that
comes from frequent temple attendance. — President Ezra Taft Benson,
General Conference, April 1988
(3/23/97)
Setting your home in order is keeping the commandments of God. This
brings harmony and love in the home between you and your companion and
between you and your children. It is daily family prayer. It is
teaching your family to understand the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is
each family member keeping the commandments of God. It is you and your
companion being worthy to receive a temple recommend, all family
members receiving the ordinances of exaltation, and your family being
sealed together for eternity. It is being free from excessive debt,
with family members paying honest tithes and offerings. — Elder Vaughn
J. Featherstone, General Conference, October 1980
2/28/06
"We must try harder to be a holy people. We live in the fulness of
times. So much has been restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith.
This places upon us a special relationship to the Lord. We are the
beneficiaries, guardians, and caretakers of these responsibilities
under the delegation, authority, and direction of President Hinckley,
who holds all the keys. As children of the Lord we should strive every
day to rise to a higher level of personal righteousness in all of our
actions. We need to guard constantly against all of Satan's
influences." - James E. Faust, "Standing
in Holy Places," Ensign (CR), April 2005
4/19/07
"A filthy mind expresses itself in filthy and profane language. A clean
mind expresses itself in language that is positive and uplifting and in
deeds that bring happiness to the heart.
"Be clean in body and dress and manner. Do not permit yourself to be
tattooed. If you do, someday you will regret it. Only a painful and
costly procedure can remove the tattoo.
"Be clean and neat and orderly. Sloppy dress leads to sloppy manners. I
am not so concerned about what you wear as I am that it be neat and
clean. Remember Joseph F. Smith's dream. As he was hurrying toward the
mansion, he had a little bundle wrapped in a handkerchief. When he
bathed himself and opened it, he found that it contained clean clothing.
Whenever you administer or pass the sacrament, look your very best. Be
sure of your personal cleanliness." - Gordon B. Hinckley, "I
Am Clean," General Conference, April 2007
7/1/08
"Brothers and sisters, Christ
paid such an enormous, enabling price for us! Will we not apply His
Atonement in order to pay the much smaller price required for personal
progress? (see Mosiah 4:2). Being valiant in our testimony of Jesus,
therefore, includes being valiant in our efforts to live more as He
lived (see D&C 76:79). We certainly cannot enter His kingdom without
receiving the restored ordinances and keeping their associated
covenants, but neither can we enter His kingdom without having
significantly developed our charity and the other cardinal attributes
(see Ether 12:34). Yes, we need the essential ordinances, but we also
need the essential attributes. Yes, we need to keep our covenants, but
we also need to develop our character. Do we not sing, 'More
holiness give me,' pleading that
we can be 'more, Savior,
like thee'? (Hymns, no. 131)."
- Neal A. Maxwell, “Apply the Atoning Blood of Christ”, Ensign
(CR), November 1997, p.22
12/1/09
“True
personal worth comes from a secure relationship with Heavenly Father.
Individual worth is intrinsic, it is internal; it is eternal. It is
something that cannot be taken from us when the blossom of youth
fades, when economic conditions leave us desolate, when sickness or
handicaps befall us, or when prominence and visibility are obscured.”
- Joanne B. Doxey, “Strengthening the
Family,” Ensign (CR), November 1987, p. 90
2/7/12
How can you keep your
resolve to live worthily? How can you be sure that your resolve will not
be eroded by the pressures around you?
Choose good friends, those who have made similar decisions in their
lives, those like yourself who are wise enough to live a life of order
and restraint. When one gets off track, it is generally because the
other kind of friends were chosen. Be surrounded by true friends who
accept you the way you are and leave you better because of their
association. - Richard G. Scott, "Make
It Automatic," Ensign, January 1992
5/11/14
A little over
forty years ago I was at the station in Ogden with my parents and a
few friends just before I boarded the train leaving for my first
mission. My mother kissed me goodbye, and as she did so said, "My
boy, come home clean." I have never forgotten that injunction and I
hope when I am released from this earthly mission and return to that
heavenly home where my angel mother now is I can say, as I can say
today, "Mother, I have come home clean.” - Thomas
E. McKay," Conference Report," April 1941, Afternoon Meeting,
p.124
12/10/15
I seek as diligently as you do
that the leaders of this people may be and do precisely as God
wishes them to. I pray as fervently as you do that the will of God
may be done on the earth as it is in heaven, and that we may be
moulded and fashioned in all goodness, after the image of Christ. I
have the same faith that you have for the leaders of this people,
and I have all the fervency of desire I am capable of, that God will
make the people just as pure as they want their leaders to be. - Brigham
Young, "Journal of Discourses," 26 vols., 9:267