“We must maintain our own health, sow our own gardens, store our own food, educate and train ourselves to handle the daily affairs of life. No one else can work out our salvation for us, either temporally or spiritually.” (Bruce R. McConkie, “Stand Independent above All Other Creatures,” Ensign, May 1979)
“There is more salvation and security in wheat, than in all the political schemes of the world.…” (Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, vol. 2, p. 207)
“Although the value of a food supply in case of disaster is obvious, disaster insurance is not the best reason to start a home storage program. And it can be the cause of the worst sort of storing. A ‘doomsday’ food supply often turns out to be just that – undesirable food fit only for the doomed.” (Ezra Taft Benson Institute)
“Some people have reacted to the theme of preparedness as if it were a doomsday matter…Our emphasis on this subject is not grounds for crisis thinking or panic. Quite the contrary, personal and family preparedness should be a way of provident living, an orderly approach to using the resources, gifts, and talents the Lord shares with us. So the first step is to teach…people to be self-reliant and independent through proper preparation for daily life.” (Victor L. Brown, “Welfare Services Essentials: The Bishop’s Storehouse,” Ensign, November 1976, pp. 112-113)
“If you are without bread, how much wisdom can you boast, and of what real utility are your talents, if you cannot procure for yourselves and save against a day of scarcity those substances designed to sustain your natural lives?…If you cannot provide for your natural lives, how can you expect to have wisdom to obtain eternal lives?” (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 8, p. 68.)
“Noah built his ark before the flood came, and he and his family survived. Those who waited to act until after the flood began were too late.” (Ezra Taft Benson, “Prepare Ye,” Ensign, January 1974)
“Regardless of where we live or our financial situation, the path to preparation will open before us as we comply with the counsel of the prophets and go forward as means and circumstances permit.” (Gordon K. Bischoff, “I Have a Question,” Ensign, September 1997, p. 67)
“I bear my humble witness to you that the great God of heaven will open doors and means in a way we never would have supposed to help all those who truly want to get their year’s supply [of food]. I know we will have time and money if we will commit and keep the commitment.” (Vaughn J. Featherstone, “Food Storage,” Ensign, May 1976)