By the Numbers › Speakers › Elaine S. Dalton
General Conference speaker · April 2003 to April 2013
Sister Elaine S. Dalton
Young Women General President
Sister Elaine S. Dalton gave 16 General Conference talks from April 2003 to April 2013. The main topics of these talks are Youth, Moral Cleanliness and Media and Discipleship and Becoming. The verse cited most often is 2 Nephi 32:5. Footnotes in 1 later talk by other speakers cite these talks. Weak Things has 16 sketch notes of these talks.
01 · The timeline
Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026
Each dot is a conference where Sister Dalton spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.
02 · Topic fingerprint
What these talks are about
The main topic of each talk, shown as petals. Longer petals mean more talks. Gold petals are topics this speaker chooses at least 1.5 times as often as the average speaker.
- Youth5 talks10.3× average
- Moral Cleanliness and Media5 talks27.1× average
- Discipleship and Becoming1 talk0.8× average
- Faith1 talk1.1× average
- Temples and Family History1 talk2.1× average
- Prayer and Personal Revelation1 talk2.0× average
- Jesus Christ and His Atonement1 talk0.6× average
- Family and Marriage1 talk2.2× average
Key phrases from these talks
03 · The measuring stick
How these talks compare with every talk since 2000
The bar is this speaker. The line marks the average across all 1,909 talks.
04 · The scripture shelf
Which scriptures these talks use
Share of all verse citations by volume of scripture, compared with every speaker. Counted once per talk from footnotes and links in the text.
Verses cited most
- 2 Nephi 32:5 5
- Moroni 9:9 5
- Doctrine and Covenants 25:2 5
- Mosiah 18:9 4
- Doctrine and Covenants 115:5 4
- Alma 13:3 4
- Doctrine and Covenants 121:45 4
- Proverbs 3:5 3
- Doctrine and Covenants 138:54 3
- Doctrine and Covenants 87:8 3
The number is how many of these talks cite the verse. Verses with their own page link to every conference talk that cites them.
Books cited most
05 · Signature phrases
Words that sound like Sister Dalton
Phrases that appear in these talks far more often than in other speakers' talks. Bigger type means a bigger difference. The number is how many of these talks use the phrase.
06 · Who these talks quote
The voices in the footnotes
Leaders named in the footnotes, outside authors named in the text or footnotes, and the conference speakers whose talks are cited. Each counts talks, not mentions.
07 · Who quotes them
How later talks build on these talks
Speakers who cite these talks most
08 · Kindred voices
Speakers whose talks cover similar ground
Matched by the mix of main and secondary topics. 100 would be an identical mix.
The sketch notes
16 talks, one page each
Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
We Are Daughters of Our Heavenly FatherApril 2013
Be Not Moved!April 2013
Now Is the Time to Arise and Shine!April 2012
Love Her MotherOctober 2011
Guardians of VirtueApril 2011
Remember Who You Are!April 2010
Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the LordApril 2009
A Return to VirtueOctober 2008
At All Times, in All Things, and in All PlacesApril 2008
Stay on the PathApril 2007
Look toward Eternity!October 2006
It Shows in Your FaceApril 2006
He Knows You by NameApril 2005
We Did This for YouOctober 2004
Believe!April 2004
Press Forward and Be SteadfastApril 2003
For teachers and families: each sketch note has a printable PDF. Browse all Conference Sketch Notes →
Every talk
All 16 talks, newest first
Titles open the Weak Things sketch note. "Read" opens the official talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the source for every number on this page.
| Talk | Conference | Main topic | Words | Footnotes | Cited by | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be Not Moved! | Apr 2013 | Youth | 1959 | 22 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| We Are Daughters of Our Heavenly Father | Apr 2013 | Youth | 1548 | 8 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Now Is the Time to Arise and Shine! | Apr 2012 | Youth | 2030 | 25 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Love Her Mother | Oct 2011 | Family and Marriage | 1558 | 13 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Guardians of Virtue | Apr 2011 | Moral Cleanliness and Media | 2174 | 12 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Remember Who You Are! | Apr 2010 | Youth | 2047 | 20 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the Lord | Apr 2009 | Moral Cleanliness and Media | 2227 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| A Return to Virtue | Oct 2008 | Moral Cleanliness and Media | 1507 | 23 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| At All Times, in All Things, and in All Places | Apr 2008 | Jesus Christ and His Atonement | 1491 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Stay on the Path | Apr 2007 | Moral Cleanliness and Media | 1680 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Look toward Eternity! | Oct 2006 | Moral Cleanliness and Media | 1183 | 14 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| It Shows in Your Face | Apr 2006 | Youth | 1625 | 20 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| He Knows You by Name | Apr 2005 | Prayer and Personal Revelation | 1505 | 20 | 1 | Read ↗ |
| We Did This for You | Oct 2004 | Temples and Family History | 1813 | 17 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Believe! | Apr 2004 | Faith | 1671 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Press Forward and Be Steadfast | Apr 2003 | Discipleship and Becoming | 1436 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
Sources and method
Where these numbers come from
- Talk text, footnotes and callings come from the official General Conference pages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every talk above links to its source.
- Coverage is April 2000 through April 2026: 1,909 talks by 370 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out. October 2026 joins once its text is posted.
- Verse counts use scripture links in footnotes and talk text, counted once per talk. "Cited by" counts later talks whose footnotes link to one of these talks.
- Main topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Signature phrases compare how many of these talks use a phrase with how many other talks do.
- Leaders quoted are found by name in footnotes. Outside authors are found by name in the text and footnotes. Sketch notes are Weak Things study aids, not official Church materials.