President Uchtdorf quote

To follow Christ is to become more like Him. It is to learn from His character. As spirit children of our Heavenly Father, we do have the potential to incorporate Christlike attributes into our life and character. The Savior invites us to learn His gospel by living His teachings. To follow Him is to apply correct principles and then witness for ourselves the blessings that follow. This process is very complex and very simple at the same time. Ancient and modern prophets described it with three words: 

“Keep the commandments”

—nothing more, nothing less.

"Christlike Attributes--The Wind beneath our Wings" Dieter F. Uchtdorf General Conference October 2005

President Uchtdorf quote

Christlike attributes are gifts from God. They cannot be developed without His help. The one help we all need is given to us freely through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Having faith in Jesus Christ and in His Atonement means relying completely on Him—trusting in His infinite power, intelligence, and love. Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agency righteously. Faith in Jesus Christ leads to action. When we have faith in Christ, we trust the Lord enough to follow His commandments—even when we do not completely understand the reasons for them. In seeking to become more like the Savior, we need to reevaluate our lives regularly and rely, through the path of true repentance, upon the merits of Jesus Christ and the blessings of His Atonement.

"Christlike Attributes--the Wind beneath Our Wings" Dieter F. Uchtdorf General Conference October 2005

President Eyring quote

Our humility and our faith that invite spiritual gifts are increased by our reading, studying, and pondering the scriptures. 

"Serve with the Spirit" Henry B. Eyring General Conference October 2010

President Eyring quote

We cultivate spiritual gifts by keeping the commandments and trying to live a blameless life.

"Serve with the Spirit" Henry B. Eyring General Conference October 2010

President Eyring quote

God knows our gifts. My challenge to you and to me is to pray to know the gifts we have been given, to know how to develop them, and to recognize the opportunities to serve others that God provides us. But most of all, I pray that you will be inspired to help others discover their special gifts from God to serve.

"Help Them Aim High" Henry B. Eyring General Conference October 2012

President Eyring quote

. . . Another day with my father shaped my life forever. He took me from New Jersey to the home of an ordained patriarch in Salt Lake City. I had never seen the man before. My father left me at the doorstep. The patriarch led me to a chair, placed his hands on my head, and pronounced a blessing as a gift from God that included a declaration of the great desire of my heart.

He said that I was one of those of whom it had been said, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” I was so surprised that a perfect stranger could know my heart that I opened my eyes to see the room where such a miracle was happening. That blessing of my possibilities has shaped my life, my marriage, and my priesthood service.

From that experience and what has followed it, I can testify, “For all have not every gift given unto them; for there are many gifts, and to every man is given a gift by the Spirit of God.”

By the Lord revealing to me a gift, I have been able to recognize and prepare for opportunities to exercise it to the blessing of those I love and serve.

"Help Them Aim High" Henry B. Eyring General Conference October 2012

Russell M. Nelson quote

The attributes by which we shall be judged one day are all spiritual. These include love, virtue, integrity, compassion, and service to others.
Spiritual progress is attained through the steps or faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end, including the endowment and sealing ordinances of the holy temple.  Just as the body requires daily food for survival, the spirit needs nourishment as well.  The spirit is nurtured by eternal truth.


^{"Thanks Be to God" Russell M. Nelson General Conference April 2012} 

Jose A. Teixeira

In our life’s journey to return to and become more like our Father, we are not left alone. God has given us the necessary gifts to help us in our mortal experience.

“Spiritual gifts are blessings or abilities given by God to His children.”  These gifts help us navigate our lives toward eternal goals.

"Gifts to help us navigate our life" Jose A. Teixeira General Conference April 2009

James A. Cullimore

It was not intended that we make merchandise out of the gifts of God and shout to the world the result of these most wonderful gifts. They are given to us for our salvation, to strengthen our testimony and the testimonies of others as we bear humble witness of them in our meetings, quietly, by the Spirit but not before the world.

"Gifts of the Spirit" James A. Cullimore General Conference October 1974

Russell M. Nelson quote

Because one’s spirit is so important, its development is of eternal consequence. It is strengthened as we communicate in humble prayer with our loving Heavenly Father.

The attributes by which we shall be judged one day are all spiritual. These include love, virtue, integrity, compassion, and service to others. Your spirit, coupled with and housed in your body, is able to develop and manifest these attributes in ways that are vital to your eternal progression. 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.

"Thanks Be to God" Russell M. Nelson General Conference April 2012