Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
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Our prayers can and should be focused on the practical, everyday struggles of life.
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A sure indicator of true religion is a concern for the poor of the earth.
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Integrity, a firm adherence to the highest moral and ethical standards, is essential to the life of a true Latter-day Saint.
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There is no substitute for kindness in the home. This lesson I learned from my father. He always listened to my mother's advice. As a result, he was a better, wiser, and kinder man.
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Much of the Netherlands lies considerably below sea level, as you well know. Through the process of building dikes to wall out the salty sea and through pumping the water into canals, the country of the ingenious, resourceful, and doughty Dutch has literally been born of the sea.
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True love lasts forever.
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Home teaching is an excellent preparation for missionary service.
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When the Savior Himself was born, there were troubled times.
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There is no limit to the potential of brethren working together in complete brotherhood and selflessness toward spiritual goals. The power of God working through such channels will bring unimaginable blessings to all concerned.
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Joining a new church and starting a new life is never easy and often frightening.
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A computer can be a useful and indispensable tool. But if we allow it to devour our time with vain, unproductive, and sometimes destructive pursuits, it becomes an entangling net.
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Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.
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The notion that you can endanger your physical and mental health by letting strong passions go unsatisfied is a vicious falsehood.
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The ideal course of life is not always easy.
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We observe that in the scriptures, fasting almost always is linked with prayer. Without prayer, fasting is not complete fasting; it's simply going hungry.
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Some have been ensnared in the net of excessive debt. The net of interest holds them fast, requiring them to sell their time and energies to meet the demands of creditors. They surrender their freedom, becoming slaves to their own extravagance.
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Why must we love the Lord? Because as we do so, we become refined, pure, and holy.
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The compassion of Christlike friends deeply touches and changes our lives.
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I remember the first time I met my wife, Elisa. As a favor to a friend, I had gone to her home to pick up her sister, Frances. Elisa opened the door, and at least for me, it was love at first sight.
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The living prophet and the apostles today are as lighthouses in the storm. Steer towards the light of the restored gospel and the inspired teachings of those who represent the Lord on earth.
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Great sculptors and artists spend countless hours perfecting their talents. They don't pick up a chisel or a brush and palette, expecting immediate perfection. They understand that they will make many errors as they learn, but they start with the basics, the key fundamentals first.
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Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won't, for he sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming.
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Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would be offended at the suggestion.
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All evils to which so many become addicted begin in the mind and in the way one thinks.