Mormon Musings

“ It is by words … [that] every being works when he works by faith.  God said, ‘Let there be light: and there was light.’ Joshua spake, and the great lights which God had created stood still. Elijah commanded, and the heavens were stayed for the space of three years and six months, so that it did not rain. … All this was done by faith. …  Faith, then, works by words; and with [words] its mightiest works have been, and will be, performed. ” Joseph Smith Lectures on Faith  (1985), 72–73; emphasis added.

“The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark side, murmurs, complains, and is slow to yield obedience.”    Elder Orson F. Whitney In Conference Report, Apr. 1917, 43. See also Ether 8:26

12  And  whatsoever  thing  persuadeth  men  to  do  good  is  of  me;  for  good  cometh  of  none  save  it  be  of  me.  I  am  the  same  that  leadeth  men  to  all  good. Ether 4:12

"As important as it is to leave home every day with a full charge on your cell phone, it is far more important to be fully charged spiritually. Every time you plug in your phone, use it as a reminder to ask yourself if you have plugged in to the most important source of spiritual power—prayer and scripture study, which will charge you with inspiration through the Holy Ghost." —Randall L. Ridd, " The Choice Generation "

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1992/10/remember-also-the-promises?lang=eng

“When we … read and study the scriptures, benefits and blessings of many kinds come to us. This is the most profitable of all study in which we could engage.”  Howard W. Hunter (Ensign, Nov. 1979, p. 64.)