"We like enjoyment here. That is right. God designs that we should enjoy ourselves. I do not believe in a religion that makes people gloomy, melancholy, miserable and ascetic. ... I should not think there was anything great or good associated with that, while everything around, the trees, birds, flowers and green fields, were so pleasing, the insects and bees buzzing and fluttering, the lambs frolicking and playing. While everything else enjoyed life, why should not we? But we want to do it correctly and not pervert any of these principles that God has planted in the human family."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, 97

"Sin creates disharmony with God and is depressing to the spirit. Therefore, a man would do well to examine himself to see that he is in harmony with all of God's laws. Every law kept brings a particular blessing. Every law broken brings a particular blight. Those who are heavy-laden with despair should come unto the Lord, for his yoke is easy and his burden is light. (See Matt. 11:28-30.)"

Ezra Taft Benson, Tambuli, Mar 1987, 2

"Temptation is a part of life and will be experienced in one way or another by every traveler through mortality. However, the Apostle Paul, acknowledging this truth, gave us this assurance: ‘There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.'"

Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, Oct 1993, 2

"We are taught in the scriptures that there must be opposition in all things (see 2 Ne. 2:11). It is not a question of if we are ready for the tests; it is a matter of when. We must prepare to be ready for tests that will present themselves without warning."

Robert D. Hales, Ensign, May 1998, 75

"Unless we pay more attention to the thoughts of our hearts, I wonder what hope we have to claim that greater joy, that sweeter prize: someday his loving ‘face to see And in His presence rest'

[Hymns, 1985, no. 141]." Howard W. Hunter, Ensign, May 1993, 63

"Our Father knew of our day. He prepared the scriptures and provided continuing divine guidance to sustain us. That help will assure that you can live with peace and happiness amid increasing evil."

Richard G. Scott, Liahona, May 2004, 100-102

"Temptation often comes in a quiet way. Perhaps the yielding to it may not be known by anyone save the individual and his God, but if he does yield to it, he becomes to that extent weakened, and spotted with the evil of the world."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, 81

"There is more to endurance than just surviving and waiting for the end to overtake us. To endure to the end takes great faith."

Robert D. Hales, Ensign, May 1998, 75

"Is there anything gloomy in the works that God has made? Turn where we will, we see harmony, loveliness, cheerfulness, and beauty."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, 97

"Just as the leaning Tower of Pisa is a persistent rebuke to architectural pessimism, so parental hope by refusing to topple merely because of the gravity of the current family situation is a repudiation of despair. Giving parents never give up hope!"

Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, Nov 1994, 34

"My brothers and sisters, I'm certain our duty and responsibility is frequently to swim upstream and against the tide of temptation and sin. As we do so, our spiritual strength will increase, and we shall be equal to our God given responsibilities."

Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, Oct 1993, 2

"Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemane, prayer-persistent prayer-can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel. ‘Pray always, that you may come off conqueror.' (D&C 10:5.) This is also a key to use in keeping depression from destroying us."

Ezra Taft Benson, Tambuli, Mar 1987, 2

"Though life may seem difficult now, hold on to that iron rod of truth. You are making better progress than you realize."

Richard G. Scott, Liahona, May 2004, 100-102

"A quality life is God's greatest wish for us. Life is to be lived well in whatever circumstances we find ourselves. There should not be a waiting period."

Marvin J. Ashton, Ensign, Feb 1993, 64

"Satan is still determined to have his way, and his emissaries have power given them today as they have not had throughout the centuries. Be prepared to meet conditions that may be severe, ideological conditions that may seem reasonable but are evil. In order to meet these forces, we must depend upon the whisperings of the Holy Spirit, to which you are entitled. They are real."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, 81

"Our object is to get and cleave to everything that is good, and to reject everything that is bad."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, 97

"What are we here for? To learn to enjoy more, and to increase in knowledge andexperience (DNW, 27 Sept. 1871, 5).

"Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, 315

"As individuals, we do not know when the end of mortality will come. We need to develop the ability to endure and complete our responsibilities of today, however difficult the days ahead may be. May we be able to say as Paul said to Timothy, ‘I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept my faith' (2 Tim. 4:7)."

Robert D. Hales, Ensign, May 1998, 75

"On this Easter morning and always, may our light so shine that we glorify our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, whose name is the only name under heaven where by we might be saved. That we may ever walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ is my humble prayer."

Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 1999, 54

"How much of a normal day, a working week, or a fleeting month is devoted to Jesus, the very thought of thee [Hymns, 1985, no. 141]? Perhaps for some of us, not enough."

Howard W. Hunter, Ensign, May 1993, 63

“The death of the body is nothing for Christ’s Resurrection guarantees our own but He cannot rescue us from the death of the spirit unless we choose to ally ourselves with Him, with His hope, with the inexhaustible and irrepressible life that is His.”

Chieko N. Okazaki, Ensign, Nov 1996, 89

"Every day of our lives and in every season of the year (not just at Easter time), Jesus asks each of us, as he did following his triumphant entry into Jerusalem those many years ago, ‘What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?' (Matt. 22:42.) We declare that he is the Son of God, and the reality of that fact should stir our souls more frequently. I pray that it will, this Easter season and always."

Howard W. Hunter, Ensign, May 1993, 63

"On occasion I will be asked, ‘Brother Monson, if the Savior appeared to you, what questions would you ask of Him?' My reply is always the same ‘I would ask no question of Him. Rather, I would listen!'"

Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 1999, 54

"How often do we think of the Savior? How deeply and how gratefully and how adoringly do we reflect on his life? How central to our lives do we know him to be?"

Howard W. Hunter, Ensign, May 1993, 63

"The passage of time has not altered the capacity of the Redeemer to changemen's lives. As He said to the dead Lazarus, so He says to you and to me ‘Come forth.' [John 11:43]."

Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 1999, 54

"At this sacred season of the year, filled with the promise of renewing life,may we be more devoted and disciplined followers of Christ. May we cherish him in our thoughts and speak his name with love. May we kneel before him with meekness and mercy. May we bless and serve others that they may do the same."

Howard W. Hunter, Ensign, May 1993, 63

"In proportion to your fidelity, your faithfulness, your advancement in the knowledge of God, shall you be able to enjoy happiness, unalloyed and unsullied, for it is the Gospel that brings true joy, and true liberty and freedom from the bonds of iniquity, and the gall of bitterness."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, 425

"Even as we should think on the name of Christ more often, and use it more wisely and well, how tragic it is, and how deeply we are pained, that the name of the Savior of mankind has become one of the most common and most ill-used of profanities. In this Easter season of the year when we are reminded yet again of all Christ has done for us, how dependent we are upon his redeeming grace and personal resurrection, and how singular his name is in the power to dispel evil and death and save the human soul may we all do more to respect and revere his holy name and gently, courteously encourage others to do the same. We love the name of our Redeemer. May we redeem it from misuse to its rightful lofty position."

Howard W. Hunter, Ensign, May 1993, 63

"What a man continually thinks about determines his actions in times of opportunity and stress."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, 81

"It is life and the pursuit of happiness that ought to occupy the attention of all intellectual beings."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, 97