Quotes about Temples

Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.

To reject the necessity of temples is to reject the necessity of God, religion and earthly existence.

The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.

Temples are more than stone and mortar. They are filled with faith and fasting. They are built of trials and testimonies. They are sanctified by sacrifice and service.

The all-important and crowning blessings of membership in the Church are those blessings which we receive in the temples of God

The great vicarious work for our kindred dead in our temples demonstrates both the justice and the fairness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

As we come unto Christ and journey to higher ground, we will desire to spend more time in His temples, because the temples represent higher ground, sacred ground.

Each of our temples is an expression of our testimony that life beyond the grave is as real and as certain as is our life here on earth.

Creed and opinion change with time, and their symbols perish; but Literature and its temples are sacred to all creeds and inviolate.

But, nevertheless, we do not build temples, and ordain priests, rites, and sacrifices for these same martyrs; for they are not our gods, but their God is our God.

The temples are a refuge from life's storms even a never-failing beacon guiding us to safety.

We continue to build temples. We desire that as many members as possible have an opportunity to attend the temple without having to travel inordinate distances.