Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
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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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The Resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless.
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My mother was a very positive thinker; she was always active, always doing something good.
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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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Often what passes for faith in this world is little more than gullibility.
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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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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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The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment.
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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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Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does.
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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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Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.
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Our bodies are truly the result of what we eat, what we think about, and the exercise we receive. If we are not wise, these little things can soon cause major health problems that will limit our success and ability to serve.
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Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others.
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Some people erroneously believe that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members are not Christian. We have difficulty understanding why anyone could accept and promote an idea that is so far from the truth.
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Prior to high school, I played a lot of neighborhood football.
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Sometimes we make the process more complicated than we need to. We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.
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Perhaps the best-known Old Testament example of perseverance is the story of Job.
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Today is the day of decision.
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For me, the Lord has opened the windows of heaven and showered blessings upon my family beyond my ability to express.
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The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.
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Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.
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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.