My new friend and fellow Coordinator in Queens, Stan Kauffman, said that when he taught the class, Teachings of the Living Prophets, he invited his students to look for short inspirational statements in the Conference talks that they might want to hang on their refrigerator. I think that's a good idea. Here are a few of mine from this last Conference (April 2011).
L. Tom Perry The Sabbath and the Sacrament
“The pattern of Sabbath day observance must always include worship.”
"Partaking of the sacrament is the center of our Sabbath day observance”
“Brothers and sisters, in the latter days the adversary succeeds when we relax our commitment to the Savior. … I bear my special witness that the greatest joy we receive in this life is in following the Savior.”
Jean A. Stevens (1st C. Primary) Become as a Little Child
A member of the 70 taught a Bishop the importance of tithing to help the members of his ward with their challenges. The Bishop taught the children of the ward the principle of tithing and asked them to live it. Six months later, when they had, he asked the members of the ward if they would be willing to follow the example of their children. They did and the windows of heaven were opened for them.
Elder M. Russell Ballard has taught us the importance of the Savior’s admonition to “behold your little ones” when he said: “Notice that He didn’t say ‘glance at them’ or ‘casually observe them’ or ‘occasionally take a look in their general direction.’ He said to behold them. To me that means that we should embrace them with our eyes and with our hearts; we should see and appreciate them for who they really are: spirit children of our Heavenly Father, with divine attributes” (“Behold Your Little Ones,” Tambuli, Oct. 1994, 40; emphasis added; “Great Shall Be the Peace of Thy Children,” Ensign, Apr. 1994, 59).
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