Be a good man in a storm.

 I know that you have faith in the Lord. With that faith be sure to have poise in every situation. Be a good man in a storm.

Christlike Poise

April 2023

General Conference

Mark A. Bragg

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04/31bragg?lang=eng&verse=#p

The Defining Focus of Your Life and Your Character

To persevere firm and steadfast in the faith of Christ requires that the gospel of Jesus Christ penetrate one’s heart and soul, meaning that the gospel becomes not just one of many influences in a person’s life but the defining focus of his or her life and character.

Firm and Steadfast in the Faith of Christ

October 2018

General Conference

D. Todd Christofferson

Hard is the Constant...The Variable Is Our Reaction to the Hard

Hard is the constant! We all have challenges. The variable is our reaction to the hard.”

Stanley G. Ellis
Ensign Novmeber 2017 p 113

Parents cannot counsel children adequately from personal experience, fear, or sympathy.18 But when parents face children as would the Creator who gave them life, parents will be endowed with wisdom beyond that of their own.

Facing upward is crucial for successful parenting. Families deserve guidance from heaven. Parents cannot counsel children adequately from personal experience, fear, or sympathy.18 But when parents face children as would the Creator who gave them life, parents will be endowed with wisdom beyond that of their own. Wise mothers and fathers will teach members of their family how to make personal decisions based upon divine law.19 They will teach them that “this life is the time … to prepare to meet God.”20 They will teach them that decisions of a moral and spiritual character cannot be based on freedom to choose without accountability to God for those choices.21 With that understanding, parents and children will be rewarded with strength of character, peace of mind, joy, and rejoicing in their posterity.22
Russell M. Nelson, April 1996 General Conference,  Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods

What you get is the molding of character, the growth in capacity, the successful completion of your purpose here on earth—to be proven.

An axiom we all understand is that you get what you pay for. That is true for spiritual matters as well. You get what you pay for in obedience, in faith in Jesus Christ, in diligent application of the truths that are learned in your own life. What you get is the molding of character, the growth in capacity, the successful completion of your purpose here on earth—to be proven.

Richard G. Scott, First Things First Ensign, May 2001, 6

My Strength Is As the Strength of Ten, Because My Heart Is Pure

President David O. McKay, ninth President of the Church, advised, “I implore you to think clean thoughts.” He then made this significant declaration of truth: “Every action is preceded by a thought. If we want to control our actions, we must control our thinking.” Brethren, fill your minds with good thoughts, and your actions will be proper. May each of you be able to echo in truth the line from Tennyson spoken by Sir Galahad: “My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.”7
Thomas S. Monson, "He Is Risen", April 2010 General Conference

Character Is Not Developed In Moments of Great Challenge or Temptation. That Is When It Is Intended To Be Used

Character is not developed in moments of great challenge or temptation. That is when it is intended to be used.

Richard G. Scott, “The Transforming Power of Faith and Character,” Ensign, Nov 2010, 43–46