Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
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Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.
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The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.
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You are stronger than you think.
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Marathon runners set explicit goals.
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We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences.
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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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Experience teaches that when the will and imagination are in conflict, the imagination usually wins. What we imagine may defeat our reason and make us slaves to what we taste, see, hear, smell, and feel in the mind's eye. The body is indeed the servant of the mind.
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You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.
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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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Financial problems cause distress and loss of self-respect.
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The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.
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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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The gospel of Jesus Christ is not a religion of mourning and gloom.
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I loved my mission in Switzerland and Germany. As I left on the train from Basel, Switzerland, tears flowed down my cheeks because I knew then that my full-time service in the Church had ended.
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We will all rise from the grave.
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Men and women who decide to flirt with adultery just once can become enmeshed in misery and unhappiness for themselves and their precious families.
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As parents know, little children are, by their nature, without guile. They speak the thoughts of their minds without reservation or hesitance as we have learned as parents when they embarrass us at times. They do not deceive. They set an example of being without guile.
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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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When we make purchases on credit, they give us only an illusion of prosperity.
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Bookstore operators tell us that the books which head the bestseller list are books on peace and happiness.
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Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.
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Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.
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We don't have to be perfect today. We don't have to be better than someone else. All we have to do is to be the very best we can.