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“I repeat what prophets have long taught—that every worthy, able young man should prepare to serve a mission. Missionary service is a priesthood duty—an obligation the Lord expects of us who have been given so very much.” @ThomasSMonson 1/
“Young men, I admonish you to prepare for service as a missionary.” @ThomasSMonson 2/
“A word to you young sisters: while you do not have the same priesthood responsibility as do the young men to serve as full-time missionaries, you also make a valuable contribution as missionaries, and we welcome your service.” @ThomasSMonson 3/
“After all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to preach the Gospel.” -Joseph Smith 4/
“Our Father in Heaven, Jesus, our Elder Brother and the Savior of the world, and the whole heavens, are calling upon this people to prepare to save the nations of the earth, also the millions who have slept without the Gospel.” -Brigham Young 5/
“There are lots of able-bodied men who, if they could only have a little more faith in God, and could realize … the responsibilities of that priesthood that God has conferred upon them, they would be ready to break all barriers and say, Here I am, send me.” -John Taylor 6/
“There never was a set of men since God made the world under a stronger responsibility to warn this generation, to lift up our voices long and loud, day and night as far as we have the opportunity and declare the words of God unto this generation.” -Wilford Woodruff 7/
“We are required to do this [preach the gospel]. This is our calling. It is our duty. It is our business.” -Wilford Woodruff 8/
“We want young men … who have kept themselves unspotted from the world, and can go into the nations of the earth and say to men, ‘Follow me, as I follow Christ.’” -Joseph F. Smith 9/
“I want to emphasize that we as a people have one supreme thing to do, and that is to call upon the world to repent of sin, to come to God. And it is our duty above all others to go forth and proclaim the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ..” Heber J. Grant 10/
“We witness in our missionary work the magnificent spectacle of young men and young women [going] … to all the ends of the earth,...they stand as witnesses at all times and in all places of the divine responsibility upon the Church to teach the gospel.” -Harold B. Lee 11/
“Yes, we would say, every able worthy man should shoulder the cross. What an army we should have teaching Christ and him crucified! Yes, they should be prepared, usually with saved funds for their missions, and always with a happy heart to serve.” -Spencer W. Kimball 12/
“We urge you to seriously consider serving a full-time mission.” -Ezra Taft Benson 13/
Spencer W. Kimball again: 14/
President Ezra Taft Benson: 15/
“Earlier prophets have taught that every able, worthy young man should serve a full-time mission. I emphasize this need today.” -Gordon B. Hinckley 16/
President Gordon B. Hinckley: 17/
