"We are led by the greatest temple builder of all mankind and all history." (Said of President Gordon B. Hinckley) …Just a few months after President Hinckley was called [as the president, when he was 85 years old]" the subject of temple building "was burning in his heart," …. "We are blessed to have a prophet with a great vision of temple work that is not only current, but has been stewing and preparing in him for at least a half a century." - Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Presidency of the Seventy

"This is not the only temple we shall build; there will be hundreds of them built and dedicated to the Lord." (Brigham Young, referring to the Salt Lake City Temple: President Young also said "there will have to be thousands" of temples some day.)

"Every temple completed…lessens the power of Satan on the earth, and increases the power of God and Godliness." (George Q. Cannon at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Logan Temple, 1877)

"…Hundreds of temples will be needed…" (President Ezra Taft Benson, 1980) "It’s interesting to note when he made this quote there were 18 operating temples in the world," Elder Rasband added.


Elder Rasband praises ‘greatest temple builder of all mankind, BYU Hawaii, May 22, 2006