Can I make a difference?

There has never been a better time to be young nor greater opportunities for you to make a difference.  These are your days in the history of the kingdom. 

President Gordon B. Hinckley
“You have such a tremendous responsibility, you young . . . women.  You are the product of all of the generations that have gone before you. . . . Do not break the chain. . . . Keep it bright and strong.  So very much depends on you.  You are so very precious.  Stand tall, proud of your heritage as daughters of God” (“First Presidency Message—A Prophet’s Counsel and Prayer for Youth,” Ensign, Jan. 2001, 2).

“Every generation that has ever walked the earth has faced challenges” (Ensign, Jan. 2001, 2).

“Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart” (“How Can I Become the Woman of Whom I Dream?” Ensign, May 2001).

“You are young women 12–18 years of age, of whom your Father in Heaven and all of us who know you expect great things.  You are part of this marvelous generation, preparing to take your place. (“Stand True and Faithful,” Ensign, May 1996, 91).

“You are the strength of the present, the hope of the future” (“Stay on the High Road,” Ensign, May 2004).

President Thomas S. Monson
“Today is a new day with new trials, new troubles, and new temptations, but hundreds of thousands of Latter-day Saint youth strive constantly and serve diligently, true to the faith, as their counterparts of earlier years so nobly did”  (“First Presidency Message: Profiles of Faith,” Ensign, Feb. 1997, 2).

“My dear young friends, you have been reserved to come forth at this particular time when the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth. . . . May God bless you.  We love you; we pray for you.  Remember that you do not walk alone.  The Lord has promised you: ‘I will go before your face.  I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up’ ” (“Be Thou an Example,” Ensign, May 2005, 114–15).

President James E. Faust
“My dear young sisters, . . . you have such a great potential for good. You are an indispensable part of what the Church and the world will be, just as your mothers, aunts, and grandmothers were in years past. You can have happiness beyond your fondest dreams and expectations” (“The Virtues of Righteous Daughters of God,” Ensign, May 2003, 108).

“These are challenging times. I believe your spirits may have been reserved for these latter days. . . . It may be that your most significant, everlasting achievements will be your righteous influence on others, that your divine feminine inner beauty and intuition will find expression in your quiet strength, gentleness, dignity, charm, graciousness, creativity, sensitivity, radiance, and spirituality. Enhance these sublime feminine gifts. They will make you appealing and even irresistible as you serve others as the handmaidens of God”  (Ensign, May 2003, 108).