“It is so tremendously important that the women of the Church stand strong and immovable for that which is correct and proper under the plan of the Lord.... When you save a girl, you save generations. She will grow in strength and righteousness. She will marry in the house of the Lord. She will teach her children the ways of truth. They will walk in her paths and will similarly teach their children.... I see this as the one bright shining hope in a world that is marching toward self-destruction.... We frequently speak of the strength of the priesthood, and properly so. But we must never lose sight of the strength of the women. It is mothers who teach infants to pray, who read to them choice and beautiful literature from the scriptures and other sources. It is mothers who nurture them and bring them up in the ways of the Lord. Their influence is paramount. President Heber J. Grant went so far as to say, 'Without the devotion and absolute testimony of the living God in the hearts of our mothers this Church would die.' "
Gordon B. Hinckley "Standing Strong and Immovable" Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting January 10, 2004
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