"Our prayers can be - and should be - living discussions with our Heavenly Father."

-Russell M. Nelson, Think Celestial, October LDS General Conference 2023

"I urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God's kindness . . .Tonight, and tomorrow night, you might pray and ponder, asking the questions:  Did God send a message that was just for me?  Did I see His hand in my life? . . . I testify that He loves us and blesses us, more than most of us have yet recognized."

-Henry B. Eyring
How to See and Remember God's Kindness, New Era, August 2011

"There will be noise and people around you most of your waking day.  God hears your silent prayers, but you may have to learn to shut out the distractions because the moment you need the connection with God may not come in quiet times."

-Henry B. Eyring
"Priesthood and Personal Prayer"
Ensign, May 2015

"The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were picking up the telephone and ordering groceries—we place our order and hang up. We need to meditate, contemplate, think of what we are praying about and for and then speak to the Lord as one man speaketh to another."

-Gordon B. Hinkley

"God knows our gifts.  My challenge to you and to me is to pray to know the gifts we have been given, to know how to develop them, and to recognize the opportunities to serve others that God provides us.  But most of all, I pray that you will be inspired to help others discover their special gifts from God to serve."

Henry B. Eyring

Help Them Aim High, Ensign, November 2012

"Often when we pray for help with a significant matter, Heavenly Father will give us gentle promptings that require us to think, exercise faith, work, at times struggle, then act.  It is a step-by-step process that enables us to discern inspired answers."

Richard G. Scott
"How to Pray and Seek Answers", New Era 2012