David A. Bednar Quotes
Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation.
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.
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We need to work to keep from getting rusty.
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I eat some fruit every day, but not too much and almost no processed food. I stay away from sweets, except 80 per cent chocolate.
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When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity.
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Our brain starts a long degenerative arc beginning around age 40.
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I talk democracy to these men and women. I tell them that they have the vote, and that theirs is the kingdom and the power and the glory. I say to them You are supreme: exercise your power. They say, That's right: tell us what to do; and I tell them. I say Exercise our vote intelligently by voting for me. And they do. That's democracy; and a splendid thing it is too for putting the right men in the right place.
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Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation.
