Temple

1. Spiritual progress is attained through the steps of faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of 
    the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end, including the endowment and sealing ordinances of the 
    holy temple.” 
    (Elder Russell M. Nelson, Thanks Be to God, April 2012, http://www.lds.org/)

2. “No sacrifice is too great to have the blessings of an eternal marriage. By making 
    and keeping sacred temple convenants, we evidence our love for God, for our companion, and 
    our real regard for our posterity- even those yet unborn. Our family is the focus of our greatest 
    work and joy in this life; so it will be throughout eternity, when we can inherit thrones,  .   .
    kingdoms, principalities, powers, dominions, exaltation and glory.” 
   (Russel M Nelson, Set in Order Thy House, Ensign, November 2001.)

3. What a privilege it is to be able to go to the temple, where we may experience 
    the sanctifying influence of the Spirit of the Lord. Great service is given when we perform   
   vicarious ordinances for those who have gone beyond the veil. In many cases we do not know 
   those for whom we perform the work. We expect no thanks, nor do we have the assurance that 
   they will accept that which we offer. However, we serve, and in that process we attain that which 
   comes of no other effort: we literally become saviors on Mount Zion. As our Savior gave His life 
   as a vicarious sacrifice for us, so we, in some small measure, do the same when we perform 
   proxy work in the temple for those who have no means of moving forward unless something is 
   done for them by those of us here on the earth. 
   (Thomas S. Monson, Until We Meet Again, April 2009, http://www.lds.org/)

4. There is nothing that … will come into your family as important as the sealing blessings. There is 
    nothing more important than honoring the marriage and family covenants you … will make in 
    the temples of God. 
    (Henry B Eyring, Families Under Covenant, April 2012, http://www.lds.org/)

5. Every temple is a house of God, filling the same functions and with identical blessings and 
    ordinances. 
    (Thomas S Monson, The Holy Temple- A Beacon to the World, April 2011, http://www.lds.org/)

6. To you parents of young children, may I share with you some sage advice from President 
    Spencer W. Kimball. Said he: “It would be a fine thing if … parents would have in every 
    bedroom in their house a picture of the temple so [their children] from the time [they are] [s] 
    could look at the picture every day [until] it becomes a part of [their lives]. When [they reach] 
    the age that [they need] to make [the] very important decision [concerning going to the temple], 
    it will have already been made.” Our children sing in Primary:  I love to see the temple. I’ll go 
    inside someday. I’ll cov’nant with my Father; I’ll promise to obey.  I plead with you to teach 
    your children of the temple’s importance. 
    (Thomas S Monson, The Holy Temple- A Beacon to the World, April 2011, http://www.lds.org/)

7. If you have not yet been to the temple or if you have been but currently do not qualify for a 
    recommend, there is no more important goal for you to work toward than being worthy to go to 
    the temple.
   (Thomas S Monson, The Holy Temple- A Beacon to the World, April 2011, http://www.lds.org/)

8. The all-important and crowning blessings of membership in the Church are those blessings which 
    we receive in the temples of God. 
   (Thomas S Monson, The Holy Temple- A Beacon to the World, April 2011, http://www.lds.org/)

9. As you and I go to the holy houses of God, as we remember the covenants we make within, we 
   will be more able to bear every trial and to overcome each temptation. In this sacred sanctuary 
   we will find peace; we will be renewed and fortified. 
   (Thomas S Monson, The Holy Temple- A Beacon to the World, April 2011, http://www.lds.org/)


10. “Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words 
      holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!”, 
      (Boyd K. Packer, “The Temple, the Priesthood,” Ensign, May 1993) 


11. "The temple provides purpose for our lives. It brings peace to our souls—not the peace 
     provided by men but the peace promised by the Son of God when He said, “Peace I leave with 
     you, my peace I give unto you.” 
     (Thomas S. Monson, Blessings of the Temple, Liahona, October 2010)