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Frequently teenagers want to know what prophets have said about kissing. Here are some quotes we’ve found — please feel free to add additional prophetic quotes you know of in the comments below.

“Do not participate in passionate kissing” (For the Strength of Youth, p. 27).

“Kissing has been prostituted and has degenerated to develop and express lust instead of affection, honor, and admiration. To kiss in casual dating is asking for trouble. What do kisses mean when given out like pretzels and robbed of sacredness? What is miscalled the ‘soul kiss’ is an abomination … even if timely courtship justifies the kiss it should be a clean, decent, sexless one, like the kiss between mother and son, or father and daughter” (Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 281).

Although these next two quotes are not directly about kissing, they may provide some helpful guidance:

“Keep your expressions of feelings to those that are comfortable in the presence of your parents” (Elder Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 1994, 38).

“Firmly establish personal standards. Choose a time of deep spiritual reflection, when there is no pressure on you, and you can confirm your decisions by sacred impressions. Decide then what you will do and what you will not do to express feelings. The Spirit will guide you. Then do not vary from those decisions no matter how right it may seem when the temptation comes…The realization of your dreams depends upon your determination to never betray your standards” (Elder Richard  G. Scott, “Do What is Right,” Address given at BYU).