Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
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As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.
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In the lonely hours, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about eternal things. I have contemplated the comforting doctrines of eternal life.
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If we seek things that are virtuous and lovely, we surely will find them. Conversely, if we seek for evil, we will find that also.
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Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.
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The gospel of Jesus Christ is more enduring than fame, more precious than riches, more to be desired than happiness.
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The next time you're tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead.
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Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.
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While we yearn for peace, we live in a world burdened with hunger, pain, anguish, loneliness, sickness, and sorrow.
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In the scriptures, 'peace' means either freedom from strife, contention, conflict, or war, or an inner calm and comfort born of the Spirit that is a gift of God to all of his children, an assurance and serenity within a person's heart.
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A testimony of the truth of the gospel does not come the same way to all people. Some receive it in a unique, life-changing experience. Others gain a testimony slowly, almost imperceptibly until, one day, they simply know.
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William McKinley Oswald was my high school football coach. He was a great coach and had a profound influence on my life. But I think he could have learned his method of motivating players from an army drill sergeant.
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There has always been discouragement, negativism, and temptation in the world because of Lucifer.
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Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.
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In the first century A.D., members of the growing Church in Corinth were enthusiastic about the gospel. Almost all were recent converts to the Church. Many were attracted to it through the preaching of the Apostle Paul and others.
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Mortality is very brief but immeasurably important.
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The Prophet Joseph Smith lived in troubled times.
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Every person on the earth today lived at one time in heavenly realms. We walked with our Heavenly Father. We knew Him. We heard His voice. We loved Him.
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The sweet companionship of eternal marriage is one of the greatest blessings God has granted to His children.
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Though we live in the world, we must not be of the world.
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Many of the most important and life-changing moments of my life occurred when I was a young man. The lessons I learned then formed my character and shaped my destiny.
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We are all busy. It's easy to find excuses for not reaching out to others, but I imagine they will sound as hollow to our Heavenly Father as the elementary school boy who gave his teacher a note asking that he be excused from school March 30th through the 34th.
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Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.
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What people think and believe and plan are all very important, but what they do is the thing that counts most.
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Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others.