The commandment to avoid contention applies to those who are right as well as those who are wrong.
Dallin H. OaksWe need to lay hold on the feelings and try to control them to keep us from getting into a circumstance that leads to sinful behavior.
Dallin H. OaksPray that you will have good and correct attitudes about all your experiences - be they good or bad.
Dallin H. OaksOur earliest efforts will be heard with joy by our Heavenly Father, however they are phrased.
Dallin H. OaksOur attitude toward abortion . . . is fixed by our knowledge that according to an eternal plan all of the spirit children of God must come to this earth for a glorious purpose, and that individual identity began long before conception and will continue for all the eternities to come. We rely on the prophets of God who have told us that while there may be 'rare' exceptions, 'the practice of elective abortion is fundamentally contrary to the Lord's injunction, 'Thou shalt not . . . kill, nor do anything like unto it'
Dallin H. Oaks