Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

Each dot is a conference where Elder Wirthlin spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.

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.

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like Elder Wirthlin

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.

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

Most-cited talkCome What May, and Love ItOctober 2008 · cited by 4 later talks

Speakers who cite these talks most

Mary R. Durham

1

Thomas S. Monson

1

Anthony D. Perkins

1

James W. McConkie III

1

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

1

J. Anette Dennis

1

Named in the footnotes of 13 talks by other speakers since 2000. See the citation network →

The sketch notes

53 talks, one page each

Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Come What May, and Love ItOctober 2008 Concern for the OneApril 2008 The Great CommandmentOctober 2007 Life’s Lessons LearnedApril 2007 Sunday Will ComeOctober 2006 The Abundant LifeApril 2006 Journey to Higher GroundOctober 2005 The Virtue of KindnessApril 2005 Press OnOctober 2004 Earthly Debts, Heavenly DebtsApril 2004 Three ChoicesOctober 2003 The Unspeakable GiftApril 2003 Shall He Find Faith on the Earth?October 2002 “Follow Me”April 2002 One Step after AnotherOctober 2001 The Law of the FastApril 2001 Pure TestimonyOctober 2000 Finding a Safe HarborApril 2000 Growing into the PriesthoodOctober 1999 Inspired Church WelfareApril 1999 Cultivating Divine AttributesOctober 1998 The Time to PrepareApril 1998 Valued CompanionsOctober 1997 “True to the Truth”April 1997 Christians in Belief and ActionOctober 1996 Faith of Our FathersApril 1996 Windows of Light and TruthOctober 1995 Living Water to Quench Spiritual ThirstApril 1995 Deep RootsOctober 1994 Live in ObedienceApril 1994 Our Lord and SaviorOctober 1993 Spiritually Strong Homes and FamiliesApril 1993 Spiritual Bonfires of TestimonyOctober 1992 Seeking the GoodApril 1992 Fruits of the Restored Gospel of Jesus ChristOctober 1991 Peace WithinApril 1991 The Straight and Narrow WayOctober 1990 Personal IntegrityApril 1990 Running Your MarathonOctober 1989 Seeds of RenewalApril 1989 The Priesthood of GodOctober 1988 Without GuileApril 1988 Never Give UpOctober 1987 Patience, a Key to HappinessApril 1987 Pulling in the Gospel NetOctober 1986 Restoring the Lost SheepApril 1984 Pondering Strengthens the Spiritual LifeApril 1982 Let Every Man Learn His DutyOctober 1980 Let Your Light So ShineOctober 1978 Dikes versus Living WaterOctober 1976 “There Am I in the Midst of Them”April 1976 The Language of the SpiritOctober 1975 Anchored in TestimonyApril 1975

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.