G.C. Droplets October 1998 -To the Boys and to the Men

When your energies are harnessed, when your dreams are focused, marvelous things happen. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -To the Boys and to the Men

You are not "dead-end" kids. You are not wasting your lives in drifting aimlessly. You have purpose. You have design. You have plans that can only lead to growth and strength. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Fruit

The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives. -Neil L. Andersen (quoting Russell M. Nelson)

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Fruit

At times, little things can upend our spiritual balance. Please don't allow your questions, the insults of others, faithless friends, or unfortunate mistakes and disappointments to turn you away from the sweet, pure, and soul-satisfying blessings that come from the precious fruit of the tree. -Neil L. Andersen

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Fruit

Although we need not fear, we are to be on guard. -Neil L. Andersen

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Fruit

The adversary is quadrupling his efforts to disrupt testimonies and impede the work of the Lord. -Neil L. Andersen (quoting Russell M. Nelson)

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Fruit

In our world today, the adversary's construction crews are working overtime, hastily inflating the large and spacious building. The expansion has spread across the river, hoping to envelop our homes, while the pointers and the scoffers wail day and night on their internet megaphones. -Neil L. Andersen

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"A Meaningful Celebration"

We literally stand on the shoulders of the giants of faith, vision, and spirit who preceded us. -L. Tom Perry

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -Today Determines Tomorrow

Remember, it isn't sufficient to assume that when you teach, the [child] is listening to what you say. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Take Up Our Cross

We cannot repent for other people, but we can forgive them--by refusing to be held hostages by those who have harmed us. -Ulisses Soares (quoting Neal A. Maxwell)

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Take Up Our Cross

As we continually strive to overcome our challenges, God will bless us with the gifts of faith to be healed and of the working of miracles. He will do for us what we are not capable of doing for ourselves. -Ulisses Soares

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Take Up Our Cross

Please remember that the Savior's gift of grace "is not necessarily limited in time to 'after' all we can do. We may receive His grace before, during, and after the time when we expend our own efforts." -Ulisses Soares (quoting Bruce C. Hafen)

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Take Up Our Cross

Sometimes solutions to certain challenges come after months and months of continuous effort. -Ulisses Soares

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Take Up Our Cross

Always strive to do your best. -Ulisses Soares

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Take Up Our Cross

Please never give up after subsequent failures and consider yourself incapable of abandoning sins and overcoming addiction. You cannot afford to stop trying and thereafter continue in weakness and sin! -Ulisses Soares

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Take Up Our Cross

There is always hope in God the Father and in His plan of happiness, in Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice, and in living Their loving commandments. -Ulisses Soares

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -A Doorway Called Love

The desire to lift, the willingness to help, and the graciousness to give come from a heart filled with love. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -A Doorway Called Love

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -A Doorway Called Love

Violence is not strength, and compassion is not weakness. -Thomas S. Monson (quoting King Arthur from Camelot)

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -A Doorway Called Love

We must not let our passions destroy our dreams. -Thomas S. Monson (quoting King Arthur from Camelot)

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -A Doorway Called Love

Where love is, there God will be also. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -A Doorway Called Love

Love doesn't grow like weeds or fall like rain. Love has its price. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -A Doorway Called Love

Love is the catalyst that causes change. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -"By What Power ... Have Ye Done This?"

In its simplest terms, wars are so often caused by a great lust for power. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Power to Overcome the Adversary

Do not let anyone steal your happiness. -Peter M. Johnson

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Power to Overcome the Adversary

Let us be careful and not casual in our use of technology. Continually seek for ways that technology can draw us closer to the Savior and allow us to accomplish His work as we prepare for His Second Coming. -Peter M. Johnson

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Power to Overcome the Adversary

If we do not understand who we are, then it is difficult to recognize who we can become. -Peter M. Johnson

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Power to Overcome the Adversary

You are elect sons and daughters of God. You have the power to overcome the adversary. The adversary, however, is aware of who you are. He knows of your divine heritage and seeks to limit your earthly and heavenly potential by using the three Ds: Deception, Distraction, and Discouragement. -Peter M. Johnson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Light and Life of the World"

Jesus Christ is the light of the world because he is the source of the light that quickens our understanding, because his teachings and his example illuminate our paths, and because his power persuades us to do good. -Dallin H. Oaks

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Light and Life of the World"

Jesus Christ is the light and life of the world. -Dallin H. Oaks

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Giving Our Spirits Control over Our Bodies

Live each day together with hearts filled with gratitude, good memories, service, and much love. -M. Russell Ballard

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Giving Our Spirits Control over Our Bodies

Please do not miss an opportunity to look into the eyes of your family members with love. -M. Russell Ballard

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"Called to Serve"

You can't teach what you don't know any more than you can come back from a place you ain't been. -Robert L. Backman

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"Called to Serve"

Being lukewarm in the gospel doesn't do anyone any good--especially you! -Robert L. Backman

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -The Priesthood Quorum

Working together, we can stand, without embarrassment and without fear, against every wind of adversity that might blow, be it economic, social, or spiritual. -D. Todd Christofferson (quoting Gordon B. Hinckley)

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -The Priesthood Quorum

If priesthood meant only personal distinction or individual elevation, there would be no need of groups or quorums. -D. Todd Christofferson (quoting David O. McKay)

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Knowing, Loving, and Growing

We all know where we can do better. There is no need to repeatedly remind each other, but there is a need to love and minister to each other and, in doing so, provide a climate of willingness to change. -Hans T. Boom

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Knowing, Loving, and Growing

The way is to help each other understand who we are by ministering to each other. -Hans T. Boom

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Knowing, Loving, and Growing

The gospel light will provide warmth and healing and will help you understand who you really are and what your purpose in life is. -Hans T. Boom

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Knowing, Loving, and Growing

Wherever you are on the path of life, some of you might feel so overburdened that you do not even consider yourself on that path. I want to invite you to step out of the darkness into the light. -Hans T. Boom

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Knowing, Loving, and Growing

We are all needed to bring color and meaning to this world. -Hans T. Boom

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Knowing, Loving, and Growing

Your sound is making all the difference. -Hans T. Boom

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -The Opening and Closing of Doors

No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. -Howard W. Hunter (quoting Orson F. Whitney)

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -The Opening and Closing of Doors

Doors closing regularly in our lives, and some of those closings cause genuine pain and heartache. But I do believe that where one such door closes, another opens (and perhaps more than one), with hope and blessings in other areas of our lives that we might not have discovered otherwise. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -The Opening and Closing of Doors

We see many joys and sorrows in the world, many blessings that do not always look or feel like blessings, and much that humbles us and improves our patience and our faith. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament

Most angelic communications are felt or heard rather than seen. -Dallin H. Oaks

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament

To have the continuous companionship of the Holy Ghost is the most precious possession we can have in mortality. -Dallin H. Oaks

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Holiness and the Plan of Happiness

The Lord does not expect perfection from us at this point. But He does expect us to become increasingly pure. -Henry B. Eyring (quoting Russell M. Nelson)

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Holiness and the Plan of Happiness

Greater happiness will not come simply by asking for it. It will come by doing what is needed for God to change us. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Holiness and the Plan of Happiness

Qualifying for the gift of holiness requires humility, meekness, and patience. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Holiness and the Plan of Happiness

Greater happiness comes from greater personal holiness. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Holiness and the Plan of Happiness

Greater holiness is made possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ cleansing and perfecting us. Only by faith in Jesus Christ, continuing repentance, and keeping covenants are we able to claim the lasting happiness we all yearn to experience and retain. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Holiness and the Plan of Happiness

Some might feel happy enough already, yet surely no one would reject the offer of more happiness. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"Lord, Increase Our Faith"

Grant us faith to look beyond the problems of the moment to the miracles of the future. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"Lord, Increase Our Faith"

Lord, increase our faith to rise above the feeble detractors of this Thy great and holy work. Strengthen our will. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"Lord, Increase Our Faith"

God will teach me and help me, and He will be my friend and support. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -The Second Great Commandment

Giving help to others--making a conscientious effort to care about others as much as or more than we care about ourselves--is our joy. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -The Second Great Commandment

When we love God with all our hearts, He turns our hearts to the well-being of others in a beautiful, virtuous cycle. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -The Second Great Commandment

Followers of Jesus Christ are always looking for ways to help, lift, and to love others. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -To the Fathers in Israel

A father's duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -To the Fathers in Israel

Love can be nurtured and nourished by little tokens. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -To the Fathers in Israel

Don't be stingy with your time or with your means. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -To the Fathers in Israel

Fatherhood is leadership, the most important kind of leadership. It has always been so; it always will be so. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -To the Fathers In Israel

A father's calling is eternal, and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -A Voice of Warning

Love always comes first. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -A Voice of Warning

Because the Lord is kind, He calls servants to warn people of danger. That call to warn is made harder and more important by the fact that the warnings of most worth are about dangers that people don't yet think are real. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Deceive Me Not

Obedience to commandments given to our prophet is a key not only in avoiding the influence of the deceiver but also in experiencing lasting joy and happiness. -Gary E. Stevenson

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -Overcoming Discouragement

Change your attitude. By looking at a problem in a different way, it may be possible to reduce discouragement. -Val R. Christensen

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -Overcoming Discouragement

There are at least three steps to take when striving to overcome discouragement: 

1. You can work on changing your attitude toward the problem. Even though you can't change the circumstances in which you work or live, you can always change your attitude. 

2. You can receive help from those who are close to you--your family, friends, and ward members, those who love you the most. 

3. You can develop a more powerful and complete trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.

-Val R. Christensen

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -Take Not the Name of God in Vain

Stay out of the gutter in your conversation. Foul talk defiles the man who speaks it. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -The Savior's Touch

As we come unto Him, God will come to our rescue, whether to heal us or to give us the strength to face any situation. -Walter F. Gonzalez

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -The Savior's Touch

We can find the strength to face any challenge, to overcome any temptations, and to understand and endure our difficult circumstances. -Walter F. Gonzalez

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -The Savior's Touch

Our Savior always to bless us. Some blessings may come immediately, others may take longer, and some may even come after this life, but blessings will come in due time. -Walter F. Gonzalez

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -Missionary Memories

Our missionaries are not salesmen with wares to peddle; rather, they are servants of the Most High God, with testimonies to bear, truths to teach, and souls to save. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

We could spend a lifetime waiting for that moment when everything lines up perfectly. But now is the time to commit fully to seeking God, ministering to others, and sharing our experience with others. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

We love and respect all of God's children, regardless of their position in life, regardless of their race or religion, regardless of their life's decisions. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

God does not need you to "sell" the restored gospel or the Church of Jesus Christ. He simply expects you not to hide it under a bushel. And if people decide the Church is not for them, that is their decision. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

When you fill your hearts with the pure love of Christ, you leave no room for rancor, judgement, and shaming. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

To help others is the path of discipleship. Faith, hope, love, compassion, and service refine us as disciples. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

All God asks is that you consciously keep striving. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

God loves you no less when you struggle than when you triumph. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

Even when you fail, you can choose not to give up, but rather discover your courage, press forward, and rise up. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

It is your choices that show what you truly are, far more than your abilities. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

Discipleship is not about doing things perfectly; it's about doing things intentionally. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

The gospel of Jesus Christ has the answers to the most complex questions in life and has such profound depth and complexity that even with a lifetime of study and pondering, we can scarcely comprehend even the smallest part. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

If you stay on the path and trust in God, you will eventually find the way to your glorious destiny and back to your heavenly home. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

The Savior invites us, each day, to set aside our comforts and securities and join Him on the journey of discipleship. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Your Great Adventure

By the gift and power of moral agency, we determined that the potential of what we could learn and eternally become was well worth the risk. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"They're Not Really Happy"

Even though you have a testimony and want to do what is right, it is difficult not to be drawn to the great and spacious building. -Glenn L. Pace

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -Pearls from the Sand

Let us renew our commitment to seek the Spirit to help us find those who are Abraham's seed. -E. Ray Bateman

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -Cultivating Divine Attributes

Note that charity is given only to those who seek it, only to those who earnestly pray for it, only to those who are disciples of Christ. Before we can be filled with this pure love, we must start at the beginning with the first principle of the gospel. We must have "first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ." -Joseph B. Wirthlin

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -Cultivating Divine Attributes

When we keep the Lord's commandments, faith, hope, and charity abide with us. -Joseph B. Wirthlin

G.C. Droplets October 1998 -Cultivating Divine Attributes

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope. -Joseph B. Wirthlin

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Covenant Belonging

When I acted and made my best decisions, it was then the strongest spiritual confirmations came. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Covenant Belonging

However often we stumble or fall, if we keep moving toward Him, He will help us, a step at a time. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Covenant Belonging

Along life's path, we may lose faith in God, but he never loses faith in us. As it were, His porch light is always on. -Gerrit W. Gong.

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Covenant Belonging

As we honor our covenants, we may sometimes feel we are in the company of angels. And we will be--those we love and who bless us on this side of the veil and those who love and bless us from the other side of the veil. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Covenant Belonging

We are not meant to wander in existential uncertainty and doubt but to rejoice in cherished covenant relationships "stronger than the cords of death." -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Covenant Belonging

When we covenant all we are, we can become more than we are. Covenant belonging gives us place, narrative, capacity to become. It produces faith unto life and salvation. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Covenant Belonging

In losing our worldly self through covenant belonging, we find and become our best eternal self--free, alive, real--and define our most important relationships. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2019 -Covenant Belonging

This world is full of mirage, illusion, sleight of hand. So much seems transitory and superficial. When we put aside the masks, pretense, crowd-sourced likes and dislikes, we yearn for more than fleeting veneer, ephemeral connection, or the pursuit of worldly self-interest. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Great Imitator"

The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. -James E. Faust (quoting Joseph Smith)

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Great Imitator"

Your criticism may be worse than the conduct you are trying to correct. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Great Imitator"

Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing doctrine that we go beyond good sense and manners, thereby promoting contention, or say and do imprudent things, invoke cynicism, or ridicule with flippancy. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Great Imitator"

We all have an inner braking system that will stop us before we follow Satan too far down the wrong road. It is the still, small voice which is within us. But once we have succumbed, the breaking system begins to leak brake fluid and our stopping mechanism becomes weak and ineffective. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Great Imitator"

No one would listen to Satan's voice if it sounded harsh or mean. If the devil's voice were unpleasant, it would not entice people to listen to it. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Great Imitator"

No good can come from getting close to evil. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Great Imitator"

We will need greater spirituality to perceive all the forms of evil and greater strength to resist it. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Great Imitator"

In the future the opposition will be both more subtle and more open. It will be masked in greater sophistication and cunning, but will also be more blatant. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1987 -"The Great Imitator"

We will witness increasing evidence of Satan's power as the kingdom of God grows stronger. I believe Satan's ever-expanding efforts are some proof of the truthfulness of this work. -James E. Faust