“The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained...” — David A. Bednar Quote

“The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests.”

“If something we think, see, hear, or do distances us from the Holy Ghost, then we should stop thinking, seeing, hearing, or doing that thing. If that which is intended to entertain, for example, alienates us from the Holy Spirit, then certainly that type of entertainment is not for us.”

“A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met.”

“When I grew up, my house contained only two books: the Bible and the 'Edmonds' cookbook. We were a working-class household. Books were a poor second to the television, which was always on, usually with me in front of it.”

“I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.'”

“With a contained environment, there is the promise of friction. And that is where the drama comes from.”