Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
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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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A certain amount of impatience may be useful to stimulate and motivate us to action. However, I believe that a lack of patience is a major cause of the difficulties and unhappiness in the world today.
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Sin leads to wickedness and to hearts that become hardened to things of the Spirit.
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We should always be learning. However, we must be careful not to set aside our faith in the process, because faith actually enhances our ability to learn.
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If we become ill, modern medicine can work healing miracles.
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Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known.
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We've all met those who seem to radiate happiness. They seem to smile more than others; they laugh more than others - just being around them makes us happier as well.
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Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment, the ships of their lives could capsize or sink.
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Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.
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There are many reasons our prayers may lack power. Sometimes they become routine. Our prayers become hollow when we say similar words in similar ways over and over so often that the words become more of a recitation than a communication.
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Even when we make mistakes, we hope others will love us in spite of our shortcomings - even if we don't deserve it.
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Think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross... It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God.
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Immorality, violence, and divorce, with their accompanying sorrows, plague society worldwide.
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Our computers have become windows through which we can gaze upon a world that is virtually without horizons or boundaries.
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Our prayers can and should be focused on the practical, everyday struggles of life.
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To be without guile is to be free of deceit, cunning, hypocrisy, and dishonesty in thought or action.
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Some carry the burden of bitterness and resentfulness for many years.
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Wayward, disobedient children cause their parents grief and anxiety.
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When we are baptized and confirmed, when brethren are ordained to the priesthood, when we go to the temple and receive our endowment, when we enter into the new and everlasting covenant of eternal marriage - in all these sacred ordinances, we make solemn commitments to keep God's commandments.
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Some of the choicest blessings of my life have been the close friendships I have experienced over the years. Often, these friendships have been forged in the fires of shared experience.
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Logic itself affirms that a loving Heavenly Father would not abandon His children without providing a way for them to learn of Him.
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Lucifer is a master at gradual deception.
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Oh, it is wonderful to know that our Heavenly Father loves us - even with all our flaws! His love is such that even should we give up on ourselves, He never will.
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We will all rise from the grave.