Principle of Faith
“Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.”
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
“I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.”
“And who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true.”
President Joseph Fielding Smith
“When a man and a woman, in all sincerity, enter into a covenant of marriage for time and all eternity (and after they have ‘overcome by faith,’ and are ‘just and true’ [ D&C 76:53 ]), the Holy Ghost—who is the Spirit of promise—bears record of or ratifies that sealing. In other words, he seals the promises appertaining to the marriage covenant upon them” ( Doctrines of Salvation, 2:98).
President Harold B. Lee
“Faith, not doubt, is the beginning of all learning, whether in science or religion. . . . It is faith that seeks for spiritual knowledge and power by studying out in your own mind the matter in question, by applying all possible human wisdom to the solution of your problem and then asking God if your conclusion is right. If it is right, your bosom shall burn within you and you shall ‘feel’ that it is right, but if your conclusion is not right, you shall have a stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing that is wrong. (Doc. and Cov. 9:8–9.)” ( Decisions for Successful Living, 194).
President Spencer W. Kimball
“The love of which the Lord speaks is not only physical attraction, but also faith, confidence, understanding, and partnership. It is devotion and companionship, parenthood, common ideals and standards. It is cleanliness of life and sacrifice and unselfishness” ( Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, 248).
“Mary and John, I congratulate you for your vision and faith and your willingness to forgo the fanfare and glamour of a worldly wedding for a simple, quiet, but beautiful marriage in the temple, a sweet eternal ceremony that will be unostentatious and sacred like your birth, blessing, baptism, or ordination” ( Faith Precedes the Miracle, 127).
Elder LeGrand Richards
“Anderson M. Baten dedicated a poem to his beloved wife, Beulah, entitled, The Philosophy of Life, which expresses his faith that his marriage tie would extend beyond the grave:
“
I wed thee forever, not for now;
Nor for the sham of earth’s brief years.
I wed thee for the life beyond the tears,
Beyond the heart pain and the clouded brow.
Love knows no grave, and it will guide us, dear,
When life’s spent candles flutter and burn low.”
(
Marvelous Work and a Wonder,
203).
Elder Bruce R. McConkie
Commenting on 2 Corinthians 1:24 . “After the grace of God as manifest through the sacrifice of his Son, after baptism, after temple marriage, after the Lord offers any blessing to men—still the promised rewards come by individual faith, by personal righteousness, by one man standing alone before his Maker and doing those things which enable him to work out his salvation” ( Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 2:410).
Elder David B. Haight
“Marriage is sustained by faith and knowledge of its divine establishment, and is sustained daily by the energy of love. . . .
“A strong, shared conviction that there is something eternally precious about a marriage relationship builds faith to resist evil. Marriage should be beautiful and fulfilling, with joy beyond our fondest dreams, for ‘neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord’ ( 1 Corinthians 11:11 )” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1984, 16–17; or Ensign, May 1984, 14 ).