Alma 63:12; Hel. 6:25; 2 Ne. 25:2; 26:23; BYU Speeches of the Year, Packer, Oct. 4, 1966, p. 7
“It is not necessary that our young people should know of the wickedness carried on in anyplace. Such knowledge is not elevating and it is quite likely that more than one young man can trace the first step of his downfall to a curiosity which led him into questionable places.” (Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, pp. 373-374)
“As I have met with many groups of missionaries throughout the mission, I find a tendency for missionaries to tell their faults to their companions, their friends, and sometimes in public. There is not place in the mission field to publicize your weaknesses… . There is no reason why you should tell every companion the fact that you might have smoked a few cigarettes in your life before you came, or that you had taken the name of the Lord vain, or any other of your weaknesses. We go forward on the assumption that you are worthy to do this work. If there is something of major importance in your life that had not been adjusted before your coming into the mission field, then certainly you should make those adjustments through your president. Don’t tell the saints. That does not do anyone any good. It does not mean you are being hypocritical. You had some weaknesses, you repented, and those weaknesses are no longer a part of your life… .” (Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 96)