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Quick Quotes on Choice &
Accountability
 "If a person, whether
knowingly, ignorantly, intentionally, or accidentally touches a hot stove or a
bare high-voltage wire, he will be burned to the extent of the exposure.
If for any reason he steps in front of a rapidly moving vehicle, even to save
another life, he will be injured or possibly killed. Numerous examples
could be given to show that we are subject to these laws regardless of who we
are or what our intentions might be. We cannot change the laws of nature.
As we understand the natural laws and respect them, we can apply them to our
good. If we violate the law, we suffer; and if we obey it, we are
blessed." -N. Eldon Tanner
"Now we see coming into focus the
responsibility to choose, that inevitable crisis at the crossroads of life. He
who would lead you down waits patiently for a dark night, a wavering will, a
confused conscience, a mixed-up mind. Are you prepared to make the decisions at
the crossroads? I can’t stress too strongly that decisions determine destiny.
You can’t make eternal decisions without eternal consequences." - President
Thomas S. Monson, "CES Fireside for Young Adults", November 6, 2005.
"We all face choices in the course of our lives, some of
them with a siren song of wealth and prosperity; others appear less promising.
Somehow the Lord has watched over and guided my choices, although it was not
always evident at the time. . . .As I look back upon my life, I do so with a
measure of wonder and awe. Everything good that has happened, including my
marriage, I owe to my activity in the Church." -Gordon B. Hinckley, "Seek Ye
the Kingdom of God," Ensign, May 2006, 81.
"Private choices are not
private. They all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of
what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of
private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There
are no completely private choices." -President James E. Faust May 1987
Ensign
"The truths of the gospel do
not change. If you will follow the Christ, follow his prophet, and follow his
Spirit, you will always choose the right. As a result of your wise choices, your
testimony will grow stronger, and great blessings of joy, happiness, and peace
will be yours." -Joseph B. Wirthlin, "It's Your Choice," New Era, Feb. 1998, 4.
“A dozen times a day we come to a fork in the road and
must decide which way we will go... It is important to get our
ultimate objectives clearly in mind so that we do not become distracted
at each fork in the road by the irrelevant questions: Which is the
easier or more pleasant way? Or, Which way are others going?”
--President Spencer W. Kimball, Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 164
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