Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
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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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Often what passes for faith in this world is little more than gullibility.
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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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Perhaps the best-known Old Testament example of perseverance is the story of Job.
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Dates that come around every year help us measure progress in our lives. One annual event, New Year's Day, is a time of reflection and resolution.
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Expressions of solemn testimony have long been important to the children of God upon the earth.
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Today is the day of decision.
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The Resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless.
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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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The responsibility to do missionary work rests with every member of the Church.
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You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'
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I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.
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Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does.
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To beguile is to deceive or lead astray, as Lucifer beguiled Eve in the Garden of Eden.
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Many of us enjoy going to ball games and watching them on television. I am no exception. I love to watch a good athletic contest. If we spend excessive time with sporting events, however, we may neglect things that are much more important.
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Sadly, many in our world today encourage idleness, especially in the form of mindless, inane entertainment that is on the Internet, on television, and in computer games.
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Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.
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As an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, I testify to you this day that the time will come when every one of us will look into the Savior's loving eyes.
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Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not stand up in a heavy wind because they are not well anchored.
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The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss. That which is taken away from those who love the Lord will be added unto them in his own way. While it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude.
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Many years ago, large packs of wolves roamed the countryside in Ukraine, making travel in that part of the world very dangerous. These wolf packs were fearless. They were not intimidated by people nor by any of the weapons available at that time. The only thing that seemed to frighten them was fire.
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Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.
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Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.
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The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment.