Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes
The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
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Don't let anything morph you or push you around or have you be something you're not.
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Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion.
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There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.
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No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion.
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After you work out, you have your dog with you. There's no better companion. You've got to have a friend. I didn't like opponents who had dogs with them. Because you know they had a little edge. They have a friend
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The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
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Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard.
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If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.
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We are so presumptuous that we wish to be known to all the world, even to those who come after us; and we are so vain that the esteem of five or six persons immediately around us is enough to amuse and satisfy us.
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He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.
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Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
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When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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Being born he have himself as our Companion, Eating with us he gave himself as Food, Dying He became our Ransom, Reigning he gives himself as our Reward.
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As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.
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I don't use emojis. I go vintage.
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I've always accepted some kind of deity, especially as a songwriter.
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Women play just as hard as guys do. We're just as competitive.
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The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self.
