- “This is the summation of the generations of man, the concluding chapter in the entire panorama of the human experience.” (Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, May 2004, 83-84)
- “We of this generation are the end harvest of all that has gone before… A solemn obligation rests upon us.” (Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, May 2004, 83)
- “For nearly six thousand years, God has held you in reserve to make your appearance in the final days before the Second Coming of the Lord. Every previous gospel dispensation has drifted into apostasy, but ours will not… God has saved for the final inning some of his strongest children, who will help bear off the Kingdom triumphantly. And that is where you come in, for you are the generation that must be prepared to meet your God. All through the ages the prophets have looked down through the corridors of time to our day. Billions of the deceased and those yet to be born have their eyes on us. Make no mistake about it – you are a marked generation. There has never been more expected of the faithful in such a short period of time as there is of us. Never before on the face of this earth have the forces of evil and the forces of good been as well organized…. …Each day we personally make many decisions that show where our support will go. The final outcome is certain – the forces of righteousness will finally win. What remains to be seen is where each of us personally, now and in the future, will stand in this fight – and how tall we will stand. Will we be true to our last-days, foreordained mission?” (Ezra Taft Benson, “In His Steps,” Speeches of the Year 1979, 59-60)
- “I believe this to be the most marvelous age in all the history of the world. For some reason you and I have been permitted to come on the scene at this time…” (Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, Nov. 2000, 52)