Loren C. Dunn of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "I think that, after all the issues have faded away, the Lord will judge us on how faithful and loyal we were to the priesthood and to the Lord's anointed."
President Dallin H. Oaks of Brigham Young University. "This fall I have felt impressed to speak to you about yourselves and about myself, a kind of centennial review of the student body and the President."
Thomas S. Monson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "We have the potential to be a chosen generation. Truth, service, and love will help us be prepared to reach that potential and attain the Lord's approval."
L. Tom Perry of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Let us all show justice, kindness, and charity toward our fellowmen. Let us demonstrate the love and reverence we should exhibit toward our Almighty God."
Dallin H. Oaks, President of Brigham Young University. "I will describe nine expectations...It is no exaggeration to say that these mutual expectation explain why we, teachers and students, have chosen to pursue our work at BYU."
LeGrand Richards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "If we'll walk in the way of the Lord and follow his holy prophets, as Peter said, we'll have a more sure word of prophecy. We'll never go astray."
L. Tom Perry of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "[Now] is a good time to direct our thought to our dependence on our Lord and Savior. Tonight our objective will be to start your new year with thoughts in that direction."
President Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. "The celestial kingdom...is comprised of men and women who have complied with divine law and who were not deceived by the craftiness of men or the doctrines of devils."
President Spencer W. Kimball of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Before temples are built in greater numbers, we must, of course, prepare for them...it is a responsibility that we cannot shirk."
Bruce R. McConkie of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "[An obligation] rests upon Latter-day Saints to create for themselves eternal family units patterned after the family of God, our Heavenly Father."
L. Tom Perry of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "The Lord has prepared the way for you, the most advanced generation in all times, to assist him in the final stages of his kingdom-building process."
Marvin J. Ashton of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "President Tanner is a Christian gentleman; a courteous, kind, and capable prophet of God; a special witness of the Savior Jesus Christ...follow his example."
Bruce R. McConkie of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "[Joseph Smith] is one of the great dispensation heads, and a dispensation head is a revealer for his age and his period of the knowledge of Christ and of salvation."
Ezra Taft Benson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "We follow a perfect leader...the only one who can say that we should be as He is in everything...what manner of man was Jesus when He was your age?"
Marion G. Romney of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "You see, to be earnest in what we do is not enough: We have to take the Holy Spirit for our guide and not be deceived."
Gordon B. Hinckley of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "To know when [Christ] will come would take from us much of the self-discipline needed to walk daily in obedience to the principles of the gospel."
Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "I want to talk to you about ordinances...[It] is my hope...that you will see something in the subject beyond what you have seen before."
President of Brigham Young University, Jeffrey R. Holland. "Will there be times in your life or theirs that they will need the substance of the gospel in a way that only you can teach it?"
Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Restored Church of Jesus Christ. "As we come to love the Lord more and more, we can understand, rather than resent, his purposes."
Justice of the Utah Supreme Court, Dallin H. Oaks. "I know that God lives and that revelation to his children is a reality. I pray that we will be worthy and willing, and that he will bless us to grow in this principle of revelation."
Marvin J. Ashton of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Brigham Young University does not exist to help you make money. It exists to make you rich."
Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Furthermore, whether you realize it or not, you are a generation drenched in destiny."
Tune in for BYU's weekly devotional. Broadcast from the Provo, Utah, campus. Faculty members, religious leaders, and special guests speak to students with feature performances from the BYU campus choirs.
Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "There is no greater, more thrilling, and more soul-ennobling challenge than to try to learn of Christ and walk in His steps."
Marvin J. Ashton, Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Put a sign on your wall...let it have one word. The word is 'Remember.' I promise you without any hesitation it can help in your ranking with yourself and God."