In their Own Words: Quotations from LDS sources

The following are sections out of Bill McKeever’s book In their Own Words: A Collection of Mormon Quotations. The full book of 400 pages is available at Mormonism Research Ministry or Amazon.com.

• Apostasy, the Great
• Authority
• Baptism for the Dead
• Bible
• Blacks and the Priesthood
• Book of Mormon
• Christianity
  • Criticism of Christian churches
• Doctrine
• Eternal Progression
• Exaltation
• Fall
• First Vision
• God
• Godhood
• Grace
• Jesus
• Joseph Smith
• Marriage
• Obedience
• Plates of Gold (Book of Mormon)
• Polygamy/Plural Marriage
• Preexistence/Premortality
• Priesthood
• Repentance
• Revelation (Latter-day)
• Sacrament
• Salvation
  • Merit/good works required for exaltation
• Temple
• Word of Wisdom

Select Quotations from Church leaders

These quotes come from different books featured in the books given away at Christmas by the First Presidency. To see a chronological listing of when these book were published, click here.

• Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
• Discourses of Brigham Young 
• The Gospel Kingdom (John Taylor)
• Discourses of Wilford Woodruff 
• The Teachings of Lorenzo Snow
• Gospel Doctrine (Joseph F. Smith)
• Articles of Faith (James E. Talmage)
• Jesus the Christ (James E. Talmage)
• The Teachings of George Albert Smith (George Albert Smith)
• Gospel Standards (Heber J. Grant) 
• Gospel Ideals (David O. McKay)
• Teachings of Harold B. Lee
• Stand Ye in Holy Places (Harold B. Lee)
• Selections from Doctrines of Salvation (Joseph Fielding Smith) 
• Sermons and Writings of Ezra Taft Benson 
• Teachings of Howard W. Hunter (Howard W. Hunter)
•  Teachings of Thomas S. Monson 
• Pathways to Perfection

Other Citations

• 99 Quotable Quotes from the LDS Church Manual Gospel Principles