Agency

"All are born with the Light of Christ, a guiding influence which permits each person to recognize right from wrong. What we do with that light and how we respond to those promptings to live righteously is part of the test of mortality."
(President Boyd K. Packer, The Things I Know, April 2013 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/these-things-i-know?lang=eng

"Men and women receive their agency as a gift from God, but their liberty and, in turn, their eternal happiness come from obedience to His laws."
(Elder L. Tom Perry, Obedience to Law is Liberty, April 2013 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/obedience-to-law-is-liberty?lang=eng

"The knowledge which we seek, the answers for which we yearn, and the strength which we desire today to meet the challenges of a complex and changing world can be ours when we willingly obey the Lord's commandments."
(President Thomas S. Monson, Obedience Brings Blessings, April 2013 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/obedience-brings-blessings?lang=eng

"How grateful we should be that a wise Creator fashioned an earth and placed us here, with a veil of forgetfulness of our previous existence so that we might experience a time of testing, an opportunity to prove ourselves in order to qualify for all that God has prepared for us to receive.  Clearly, one primary purpose of our existence upon the earth is to obtain a body of flesh and bones. We have also been given the gift of agency. In a thousand ways we are privileged to choose for ourselves. Here we learn from the hard taskmaster of experience. We discern between good and evil. We differentiate as to the bitter and the sweet. We discover that there are consequences attached to our actions."
(President Thomas S. Monson, The Race of Life, April 2012 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/04/the-race-of-life?lang=eng

"If we could leave one lesson of greatest importance for our children and grandchildren, what would it be? Of all the glorious principles of the gospel, Lehi chose to teach his son about the plan of salvation—and the gift of agency. He taught that “men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from evil.” This sacred instruction began in the heavens. There, in a Grand Council, our Heavenly Father would continue the gift of agency to prove us here in mortality, “to see if [we] will do all things whatsoever the Lord [our] God shall command. "
(Elder Robert D. Hales, To Act for Ourselves, April 2006 General Conference)
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/04/to-act-for-ourselves-the-gift-and-blessings-of-agency?lang=eng

"The beauty of the gospel of Jesus Christ is that it pours knowledge into our souls and shows things in their true light. With that enhanced perspective, we can discern more clearly the choices before us and their consequences. We can, therefore, make more intelligent use of our agency. Many of God’s children fall into unanticipated traps and unhappiness because they either lack or ignore gospel light. They are unaware of their options or are confused about the outcomes of their choices. Ignorance effectively limits their agency."
(Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Moral Agency, June 2009 Liahona)
http://www.lds.org/ensign/2009/06/moral-agency?lang=eng

"As I’ve contemplated the various aspects of choice, I’ve put them into three categories: first, the right of choice; second, the responsibility of choice; and third, the results of choice. I call these the three Rs of choice.

I mention first the right of choice. I am so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father for His gift of agency, or the right to choose. President David O. McKay, ninth President of the Church, said, 'Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God’s greatest gift to man.'"
(President Thomas S. Monson, The Three R's of Choice, October 2010 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/the-three-rs-of-choice?lang=eng

"There are, of course, those who, in bitterness and disbelief, have rejected the idea of an independent spirit in man that is capable of free will and choice and true liberty.

We declare a bright and glorious view of God and man to all who will hear, a view revealed in and illuminated by the restored light of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We testify of God’s loving goodness and of his eternal respect for each of us, for us as individual children of God and for what each of us may become."
(President Howard W. Hunter, The Golden Thread of Choice, October 1989 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1989/10/the-golden-thread-of-choice?lang=eng

"Agency is a divine gift to you. You are free to choose what you will be and what you will do. And you are not without help. Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age. Prayer provides communication with your Heavenly Father and invites the promptings of personal revelation. And in certain circumstances, consultation with professional advisers and with your local leaders in the Church may be highly advisable, especially when very difficult decisions must be made."
(Elder Russell M. Nelson, Choices, October 1990 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1990/10/choices?lang=eng

"Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.

The crucial test of life, I repeat, does not center in the choice between fame and obscurity, nor between wealth and poverty. The greatest decision of life is between good and evil."
(President Boyd K. Packer, The Choice, October 1980 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1980/10/the-choice?lang=eng