“Mental control must be stronger than physical appetites or desires of the flesh. As thoughts are brought into complete harmony with revealed truth, actions will then become appropriate.
“The timeless proverb is as true now as when it was first spoken: ‘For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he’ (Prov. 23:7).
“Each of us, with discipline and effort, has the capacity to control his thoughts and his actions. This is part of the process of developing spiritual, physical, and emotional maturity” (Hinckley, “Reverence and Morality,” 47).