Sister Coleman's Quotes & Extras

Lesson Quotes: Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf   “I wonder if sometimes we misinterpret the phrase ‘after all we can do.’ We must understand that ‘after’ does not equal ‘because.’ “We are not saved ‘because’ of all that we can do. Have any of us done all that we can do? Does God wait until we’ve expended every effort before He will intervene in our lives with His saving grace?” (“The Gift of Grace,” Ensign, May 2015, 110). Elder D. Todd Christofferson “We do not need to achieve some minimum level of capacity or goodness before God will help—divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter where we are in the path of obedience. But I know that beyond desiring His help, we must exert ourselves, repent, and choose God for Him to be able to act in our lives consistent with justice and moral agency” (“Free Forever, to Act for Themselves,” Ensign, Nov. 2014, 19). Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf “I hope that we welcome and love all of God’s children, including those who mig...

Lesson Quotes: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland In the gospel of Jesus Christ you have help from both sides of the veil and you must never forget that. When disappointment and discouragement strike—and they will—you must remember and never forget that if our eyes could be opened we would see horses and chariots of fire as far as the eye can see riding at reckless speed to come to our protection. They will always be there, these armies of heaven, in defense of Abraham’s seed. (New Era, Oct. 1980, 15 or BYU Devot. 18 March, 1980) Elder Elder Neal A. Maxwell “In these times of widespread commotion, disorder, unrest, agitation, and insurrection, the hearts of many will fail. (D&C 45:26; 88:91.) Others will be sorely tried but will, in their extremities, seek succor from seers as did the anxious young man who approached the prophet Elijah as ancient Israel was surrounded: ‘Alas, my master! how shall we do?’ The answer of today’s prophets will be the same: ‘Fear not: for they that be with ...

Lesson Quotes: President Dallin H. Oaks "The scriptures can also help us obtain answers to highly specific personal questions. It is obvious, of course, that the scriptures do not contain a comprehensive list of specific answers to every question we could ask about a particular subject. The scriptures are not like a telephone book or an encyclopedia. "We often hear it said that the scriptures have the answers to all of our questions. Why is this so? It is not that the scriptures contain a specific answer to every question—even to every doctrinal question. We have continuing revelation in our Church because the scriptures do not have a specific answer to every possible question. We say that the scriptures contain the answers to every question because the scriptures can lead us to every answer. “ ("Studying the Scriptures," Unpublished Thanksgiving Devotional, CES Address, November 24, 1985) President Boyd K. Packer “Nephi explained that angels speak by t...

Lesson Quotes President Boyd K. Packer “Do not stop reading! Move forward through those difficult-to-understand chapters….even if you understand very little of it.  Move on, if all you do is skim and merely glean an impression here and there” (“The Things of My Soul, Ensign, May 1986). President Gordon B. Hinckley "As I contemplate this marvelous structure, adjacent to the temple, there comes to mind the great prophetic utterance of Isaiah: “And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. “And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. … “O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the li...

Lesson Quotes: Elder D. Todd Christofferson “[Satan] promotes conduct and choices that limit our freedom to choose by replacing the influence of the Holy Spirit with his own domination (see D&C 29:40; 93:38–39). Yielding to his temptations leads to a narrower and narrower range of choices until none remains and to addictions that leave us powerless to resist” (D. Todd Christofferson, “Moral Agency,” Ensign, June 2009, 49). Doctrinal Mastery Lesson Quotes - 2 Nephi 26:33 Elder Quentin L. Cook “In our day, the scriptural imperative for unity is largely ignored, and for many people the emphasis is on tribalism, often based on status, gender, race, and wealth.  In many countries, if not most, people are deeply divided about how to live.  In the Lord’s Church, the only culture we adhere to and teach is the culture of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  The unity we seek is to be unified with the Savior and His teachings. “As we look at the primary purposes of the Church...

Lesson Quotes: President Joseph Fielding Smith “One of the most enlightening discourses ever delivered in regard to the atonement is found in the ninth chapter of 2 Nephi in the Book of Mormon.  It is the counsel given by Jacob, the brother of Nephi.  It should be carefully read by every person seeking salvation.” (Answers to Gospel Questions, 4:57). Elder D. Todd Christofferson “If our separation from God and our physical death were permanent, moral agency would mean nothing. Yes, we would be free to make choices, but what would be the point? The end result would always be the same no matter what our actions: death with no hope of resurrection and no hope of heaven. As good or as bad as we might choose to be, we would all end up ‘angels to a devil’ [2 Nephi 9:9]” (“Moral Agency,” Ensign, June 2009, 50). Elder D. Todd Christofferson  “Just as death would doom us and render our agency meaningless but for the redemption of Christ, even so, without His grace, our si...

Lesson Quotes: President Boyd K. Packer “We cannot set off on a wrong course without first overruling a warning.” (quoted by Elder Kenneth Johnson, Ensign, Nov. 2002, 90) Elder Jensen “Certain unchanging principles and truths bring happiness to our lives. This subject has been of interest to me for many years because although I am richly blessed and have every reason to be happy, I sometimes struggle and do not always have the natural inclination toward happiness and a cheerful disposition that some people seem to enjoy. “For that reason, several years ago a Book of Mormon passage caught my attention. … Nephi established a society founded on gospel truths; and of that society he says, ‘And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness’ (2 Ne. 5:27). The passage deeply impressed me. … I wondered … what the individual elements of a truly happy society and life might be, and I began to search Nephi’s writings for clues. I … invite you to conduct your own personal sea...

Doctrinal Mastery Quotes: Elder Bruce R. McConkie “It is an eternal principle that has existed with God from all eternity that man should be free. God ordained the law of agency in [the premortal life] so that his spirit children could either follow him or rebel against his laws and go to perdition with Lucifer. Then in this mortal probation man again was given freedom of choice, freedom to gain salvation by obedience or to be damned through disobedience.” (Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 2:415–16) President Gordon B. Hinckley “The gospel is not a philosophy of repression, as so many regard it. It is a plan of freedom that gives discipline to appetite and direction to behavior. Its fruits are sweet and its rewards are liberal.” (Teaching of Presidents of the Church: Gordon B. Hinkley, 182) Elder D. Todd Christofferson “Satan ... promotes conduct and choices that limit our freedom to choose by replacing the influence of the Holy Spirit with his own domination. Yielding t...

Lesson Quotes: Jeffery R. Holland “No love in mortality comes closer to approximating the pure love of Jesus Christ than the selfless love a devoted mother has for her child. When Isaiah, speaking messianically, wanted to convey Jehovah’s love, he invoked the image of a mother’s devotion. ‘Can a woman forget her sucking child?’ he asks. How absurd, he implies, though not as absurd as thinking Christ will ever forget us” CONTINUED: “To those who stagger or stumble, he is there to steady and strengthen us. In the end he is there to save us, and for all this he gave his life. However dim our days may seem they have been darker for the Savior of the world. In fact, in a resurrected, otherwise perfected body, our Lord of this sacrament table has chosen to retain for the benefit of his disciples the wounds in his hands and his feet and his side—signs, if you will, that painful things happen even to the pure and perfect. Signs, if you will, that pain in this world is not evidence that...