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The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

Don't delay. It's getting late.

The ability of the gospel to unite us on common strengths and common truths is one of the great miracles ... of the gospel.

We are infinitely more than our limitations and afflictions.

Rights are best guarded when each person and group guards for others those rights they wish guarded for themselves.

No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won't make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)

Fatherhood is not an easy assignment, but it ranks among the most imperative ever given, in time or eternity.

No one has failed who keeps trying and keeps praying.

Never check your religion at the door. Not ever.

Only when we see that sacred, unadorned child of our devotion-the Babe of Bethlehem-will we know why the giving of gifts is so appropriate

Your love for Jesus Christ and your discipleship in His cause must be the consuming preoccupation and passion of your mortality.

Perhaps no more beautiful passages have ever been written about the Savior's atonement and crucifixion than those written by Isaiah.

Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. Give priesthood blessings. And bear your testimony!

Nothing in this world is more burdensome than sin - it is the heaviest cross men and women ever bear.

If we want it, we can enjoy the joy of our fidelity to the highest and best that is within us.
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Rich or poor, we are to "do what we can" when others are in need.

We are not diminished when someone else is added upon.

It is obvious that the bumper sticker question "What would Jesus do?" will not always bring a popular response.

Don't give up when the pressure mounts. Face your doubts. Master you fears.

Dads, is it too bold to hope that our children might have some small portion of the feeling for us that the Divine Son felt for His Father?

First and forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe.

Along with filters on computers and a lock on affections, remember that the only real control in life is self-control.

If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do.

No eternal learning can take place without that quickening of the Spirit from heaven.

The crowning characteristic of love is always loyalty

A noble deed is a step toward God.

Faith draws the poison from every grief, takes the sting from every loss, and quenches the fire of every pain, and only faith can do it.

I believe we have all been created for greater things than we can comprehend.

Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them.

Perhaps some have created their own difficulties but don't the rest of us do exactly the same things? Are we not all beggars?

Hold on. Keep trying. God loves you. Things will improve.

When life is hard, remember - we are not the first to ask, 'Is there no other way?

Don't do anything stupid.

We don't want God to remember our sins, so there is something fundamentally wrong in our relentlessly trying to remember those of others.

God seeks for your individual happiness above all other godly concerns.

Missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience.

Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don't come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come.

The search for peace is one of the ultimate quests of the human soul.

I ask for a stonger and more devoted voice ... a voice for good, a voice for the gospel, a voice for God.

Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad.

Be a true friend to those who need your strength and integrity.

There is no convenient Messiah. Salvation comes only through discipline and sacrifice.

Imperfect people are all god has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to him, but he deals with it. So should we.

I may not be my brothers keeper, but I am my brother's brother.

Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world.

Don't hyperventilate about something that happened at 9:00 in the morning when the grace of God is trying to reward you at 6:00 in the evening.

Trust in God. Hold on to His love. Know that one day the dawn will break brightly and all shadows of mortality will flee.

The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever.

Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing, nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image.

God never leaves us alone, never leaves us unaided in the challenges that we face.

After an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was before.

True love BLOOMS when we care more about another person than we care about ourselves.

Heaven, or the kingdom of God, is easy if e work at it hard, but hard if we work at it easy.

The Crucifixion, Atonement, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ mark the beginning of a Christian Life, not the end of it.

Stay in the race. Keep running. Keep walking. Keep praying. The Lord will renew your strength.

One of the great consolations ... is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so.

HAPPINESS comes first by what comes into your head a long time before material BLESSINGS come into your hand.

God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go.

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend.

Stay the course and see the beauty of life unfold for you.

We must never, in any age or circumstance, let fear and the father of fear (Satan himself) divert us from our faith and faithful living.

No one of us is less treasured or cherished of God than another. I testify that he loves each of us
insecuritie s, anxieties, self-image, and all.

Somebody like you taught somebody like me.

To give ourselves totally to another person, as we do in marriage, is the most trusting step we take in any human relationship.

Be strong. Live the gospel faithfully even if others around you don't live it at all.

In our time the only restraint left is self-retraint.

Believe that your faith has everything to do with your romance, because it does.

Although I may not be my brother's keeper, I am my brother's brother, and 'because I have been given much, I too must give.'

I testify that bad days come to an end, that faith always triumphs, and that heavenly promises are always kept.

When fleeing the scene of temptation, do not leave a forwarding address.

Hold fast to what you already know and stand strong until additional knowledge comes. You have more faith than you think you do.

Patiently enduring some things is part of our mortal education.