Elder L. Tom Perry

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

Each dot is a conference where Elder Perry 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 Perry

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 talkWhat Is a Quorum?October 2004 · cited by 1 later talk

Speakers who cite these talks most

Michael A. Neider

1

Brian K. Ashton

1

Devin G. Durrant

1

The sketch notes

87 talks, one page each

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

Why Marriage and Family Matter—Everywhere in the WorldApril 2015 Finding Lasting Peace and Building Eternal FamiliesOctober 2014 Obedience through Our FaithfulnessApril 2014 The Doctrines and Principles Contained in the Articles of FaithOctober 2013 Obedience to Law Is LibertyApril 2013 Becoming Goodly ParentsOctober 2012 The Power of DeliveranceApril 2012 Perfect Love Casteth Out FearOctober 2011 The Sabbath and the SacramentApril 2011 The Priesthood of AaronOctober 2010 Mothers Teaching Children in the HomeApril 2010 The Past Way of Facing the FutureOctober 2009 “Bring Souls unto Me”April 2009 Let Him Do It with SimplicityOctober 2008 The Gospel of Jesus ChristApril 2008 Raising the BarOctober 2007 The Message of the RestorationApril 2007 The Plan of SalvationOctober 2006 As Now We Take the SacramentApril 2006 Blessings Resulting from Reading the Book of MormonOctober 2005 What Seek Ye?April 2005 What Is a Quorum?October 2004 Fatherhood, an Eternal CallingApril 2004 We Believe All That God Has RevealedOctober 2003 The Importance of the FamilyApril 2003 Called of GodOctober 2002 Becoming Men in Whom the Spirit of God IsApril 2002 The Returned MissionaryOctober 2001 Building a Community of SaintsApril 2001 DiscipleshipOctober 2000 “Thou Shalt Give Heed unto All His Words”April 2000 A Year of JubileeOctober 1999 Teach Them the Word of God with All DiligenceApril 1999 Youth of the Noble BirthrightOctober 1998 The Articles of FaithApril 1998 Receive TruthOctober 1997 “That Spirit Which Leadeth to Do Good”April 1997 “Run and Not Be Weary”October 1996 Sacrament of the Lord’s SupperApril 1996 “If Ye Are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear”October 1995 An Elect LadyApril 1995 Heed the Prophet’s VoiceOctober 1994 “Therefore I Was Taught”April 1994 “Choose the Right”October 1993 Back to Gospel BasicsApril 1993 “Behold, the Lord Hath Shown unto Me Great and Marvelous Things”October 1992 “But the Labourers Are Few”April 1992 Becoming Self-ReliantOctober 1991 Called to ServeApril 1991 “Serve God Acceptably with Reverence and Godly Fear”October 1990 Family TraditionsApril 1990 “The Peaceable Followers of Christ”October 1989 Proclaim My Gospel from Land to LandApril 1989 “Train Up a Child”October 1988 “In the World”April 1988 “A Meaningful Celebration”October 1987 “United in Building the Kingdom of God”April 1987 The Joy of Honest LaborOctober 1986 The Law of the FastApril 1986 “I Confer the Priesthood of Aaron”October 1985 “Born of Goodly Parents”April 1985 “And Why Call Ye Me, Lord, Lord, and Do Not the Things Which I Say?”October 1984 “Go Ye Therefore, and Teach All Nations”April 1984 “Our Father Which Art in Heaven”October 1983 Train Up a ChildApril 1983 “For a Bishop Must Be Blameless”October 1982 Let Us Go Up to the House of GodApril 1982 When Ye Are Prepared, Ye Shall Not FearOctober 1981 The Need to Teach Personal and Family PreparednessApril 1981 “For Whatsoever a Man Soweth, That Shall He Also Reap”October 1980 Nauvoo—A Demonstration of FaithApril 1980 Making the Right DecisionsOctober 1979 The Kingdom of GodApril 1979 Home Teaching—A Sacred CallingOctober 1978 “Trust in the Lord”April 1978 Father—Your Role, Your ResponsibilityOctober 1977 The Role of the Stake Bishops Council in Welfare ServicesApril 1977 “But Be Ye Doers of the Word”April 1977 A Report on the Church’s Participation in America’s Bicentennial CelebrationOctober 1976 “As a Man Soweth”April 1976 For the Time Will Come When They Will Not Endure Sound DoctrineOctober 1975 A TributeApril 1975 “When Thou Art Converted, Strengthen Thy Brethren”October 1974 Build Your Shield of FaithApril 1974 “I Will Go and Do the Things Which the Lord Hath Commanded”October 1973 Consider Your WaysApril 1973 Three PledgesOctober 1972

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.