Russell M. Nelson Quotes
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Through all of our various Christmas traditions, I hope that we are focused first upon the Lord Jesus Christ. Wise men still adore Him.
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Unfinished business is our worst business. Perpetual procrastination must yield to perceptive preparation. Today we have a little more time to bless others-time to be kinder, more compassionate, quicker to thank and slower to scold, more generous in sharing, more gracious in caring.
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Spirit and body, when joined together, become a living soul of supernal worth.
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Each day is a day of decision, and our decisions determine our destiny.
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Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges.
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Focusing on the Lord and everlasting life can help us not only at Christmas, but through all the challenges of mortality.
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The living Lord leads His living church.
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All Church activities, advancements, quorums, and classes are means to the end of an exalted family.
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If the restoration did anything it shattered the age-old myth that God has stopped talking to his children.
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Revelation need not all come at once. It may be incremental. 'Saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more' (2 Nephi 28:30). Patience and perseverance are part of our eternal progression.
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There is mounting concern worldwide over the consumption of alcohol. The U.S. government estimates that 10.6 million adults are alcoholics and that one family in four is troubled by alcohol. It is a factor in half of all the nation's traffic deaths.
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The only duration of family life that satisfies the loftiest longings of the human soul is forever.
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They climbed the ladder of learning only to find it leaning against the wrong wall.
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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.
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Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.
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I honor women who are not mothers. They know that motherhood is but one of the realms of womankind. The virtue and intelligence of women are uniquely applicable to other realms as well, such as compassionate service and teaching.
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Have faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy. You will encounter people who pick which commandments they will keep and ignore others that they choose to break. I call this the cafeteria approach to obedience. This practice of picking and choosing will not work. It will lead to misery. To prepare to meet God, one keeps all of His commandments. It takes faith to obey them, and keeping His commandments will strengthen that faith.
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When priorities are proper, the power to endure is increased. And when internalized, those priorities will help keep you from "going overboard."
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The full flower of divine love and our greatest blessings from that love are conditional-predicated upon our obedience to eternal law. I pray that we may qualify for those blessings and rejoice forever.
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Truth is truth! It is not divisible, and any part of it cannot be set aside.
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Keeping divine commandments brings blessings, every time! Breaking divine commandments brings a loss of blessings, every time!
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Sadly, many individuals don't know where to find God, and exclude him from their lives. When spiritual needs arise, they may look to the left, the right, or round about. But looking to other people on the same level cannot satisfy spiritual shortages. When the immortal spirit is starved, hunger persists for something more filling. Even when material success comes, there is a hollow ache - if living well falls short of living worthily. Inner peace cannot be found in affluence accompanied by spiritual privation.
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You can change. You can 'come unto Christ, and be perfected in him.'
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The surest step toward joy in the morning is virtue in the evening.