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President D. Todd Christofferson, Second Counselor in the First Presidency
McKay Coppins, “Sucker: My Year as a Degenerate Gambler,” Atlantic, Mar. 12, 2026, theatlantic.com; emphasis added.
Coppins, “Sucker: My Year as a Degenerate Gambler.”
Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
We can see around us the fruits of looking to God and having His Spirit to be with us. For example, research has found that “spiritual development is associated with protection against depression and substance abuse, and with setting young adults up for healthier relationships, more purposeful work, and greater emotional resilience” (Cornelia Powers, “The New Spiritual Leader on Campus,” Atlantic, May 18, 2025, theatlantic.com). Levels of chronic loneliness, emotional isolation, and anxiety in the general population contrast with broadly healthier lifestyles, physical and mental vitality, higher levels of education, and positive outlooks based in faith among Latter-day Saints. It’s not that we, as a people, never experience the challenges that commonly exist in the world. Rather, it is that in looking to Jesus Christ, we can prevail.
President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency
Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, “The Threat of Tribalism,” Atlantic, Oct. 2018, 81, theatlantic.com.
Elder Quentin L. Cook, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
See Walter Mischel, The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control (2014); see also Jacoba Urist, “What the Marshmallow Test Really Teaches about Self-Control,” Atlantic, Sept. 24, 2014, theatlantic.com.
Elder Quentin L. Cook, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Anne-Marie Slaughter, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” The Atlantic, June 13, 2012, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/309020
Elder Eran A. Call, Of the Seventy
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, “Dan Quayle Was Right,” Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1993, 47.
Elder Bruce C. Hafen, Of the Seventy
See Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, “Dan Quayle Was Right,” Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1993, 47.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, “Dan Quayle Was Right,” Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1993, p. 47.