Agency

“Agency used righteously allows light to dispel the darkness and enables us to live with joy and happiness.”

Robert D. Hales, “To Act for Ourselves: The Gift and Blessing of Agency,” Ensign, April 2006.

“Wise parents prepare their children to get along without them. They provide opportunities for growth as children acquire the spiritual maturity to exercise their agency properly.”

Larry Y. Wilson, “Only Upon the Principles of Righteousness,” Ensign,  May 2012, 103.

“It is exciting to realize that we can expand our freedom by perfecting our obedience.”

D. Todd Christofferson, “You Are Free,” March 2013.

“Your eternal destiny will not be the result of chance but of choice. It is never too late to begin to choose eternal life!”

                                               Randall K. Bennett, “Choose Eternal Life,” Ensign, Oct. 2011, 98.

“Communication with our Father in Heaven is not a trivial matter. It is a sacred privilege. It is based upon eternal, unchanging principles. We receive help from our Father in Heaven in response to our faith, obedience, and the proper use of agency.”

Richard G. Scott, “How to Obtain Revelation and Inspiration for Your Personal Life,” April 2012

“So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do the best we can and then to choose to be happy about our circumstances, whatever they may be, can bring peace and contentment.”

Thomas S. Monson, “Living the Abundance Life,” Ensign, January 2012

“You live in a time of great challenges and opportunities. As spirit sons of heavenly parents, you are free to make the right choices. This requires hard work, self-discipline, and an optimistic outlook, which will bring joy and freedom into your life now and in the future.”

Dieter Utchford, See the End from the Beginning,” Ensign, May 2006 

“You are to do the choosing here and now during this exciting and wonderful time on earth. Moral agency, the freedom to choose, is certainly one of God’s greatest gifts next to life itself. We have the honorable right to choose; therefore, we need to choose the right. This is not always easy.”

Dieter Utchford, Your Right to Choose the Right,” New Era, August 2005

“Accept the responsibility of choice, and ever be conscious of the results of choice.”

      Thomas S. Monson, “The Three Rs of Choice,” October 2012

“Endowed with agency, you and I are agents, and we primarily are to act and not just be acted upon. To believe that someone or something can make us feel offended, angry, hurt, or bitter diminishes our moral agency and transforms us into objects to be acted upon. As agents, however, you and I have the power to act and to choose how we will respond to an offensive or hurtful situation.”

                           David Bednar, “To Act and Not Just Be Acted Upon,” Ensign, November 2006