Agency

1. "Our choosing the right consistently whenever the choice is placed before us creates the solid ground under our faith." -President Henry B. Eyring (Mountains to Climb, April 2012 General Conference)


2. My beloved young sisters, you have the precious gift of agency. I plead with you to choose to obey." -President Thomas S. Monson (Believe, Obey, and Endure. April 2012 General Conference)


3. "I have been thinking recently about choices and their consequences. Scarcely an hour of the day goes by but what we are called upon to make choices of one sort or another. Some are trivial, some more far-reaching. Some will make no difference in the eternal scheme of things, and others will make all the difference." -President Thomas S. Monson (The 3 R's of Choice. April 2010 General Conference)


4. "Brethren, within the confines of whatever circumstances we find ourselves, we will always have the right to choose." -President Thomas S. Monson (The 3 R's of Choice. April 2010 General Conference)


5. "The cost of the Atonement was borne by the Lord without compulsion, for agency is a sovereign principle. According to the plan, agency must be honored. It was so from the beginning, from Eden." -President Boyd K. Packer (Atonement, Agency, Accountability. April 1988 General Conference)


6. "I concluded that when we are baptized by immersion by one with the proper priesthood authority and choose to follow our Savior, we then are in His kingdom and of His kingdom."- Elder Robert D. Hales (The Covenant of Baptism: To be in the Kingdom and of the Kingdom. April 2000 General Conference)

7. "Sometimes the Lord reveals truth to you when you are not actively seeking it, such as when you are in danger and do not know it. However, the Lord will not force you to learn. You must exercise your agency to authorize the Spirit to teach you. As you make this practice in your life, you will be more perceptive to the feelings that come with spiritual guidance."— Elder Richard G. Scott, (To Acquire Spiritual Guidance. November 2009 Liahona and Ensign)

8. "We have implanted in our souls a desire to be free. The Lord understood this when He granted us our mortal probation. With that freedom, however, comes accountability. We are instructed not to idle away our time nor bury our talents and not use them. We are expected to make our lives better through our own initiatives and efforts." —Elder L. Tom Perry, (Youth of the Noble Birthright.  November 1998 Liahona and Ensign)

9. "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. And yes, this means children will sometimes make mistakes and learn from them." —Elder Larry Y. Wilson, (Only upon the Principles of Righteousness. April 2012 General Conference)

10. The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: “Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee” -President Boyd K. Packer (How to survive in Enemy Territory, April 2012 General Conference)