D. Todd Christofferson Quotes
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You cannot lift others to virtue on the one hand if you are entertaining vice on the other.
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We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter where we are in the path of obedience.
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The work of our missionaries is a magnificent expression of the Lord's redeeming love.
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We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we all benefit from their achievements -- but still recognize that there is not a higher good than motherhood and fatherhood in marriage. There is no superior career, and no amount of money, authority or public acclaim can exceed the ultimate rewards of family.
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The gospel of Jesus Christ opens the path to what we may become.
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A God who makes no demands, is the functional equivalent of a God who does not exist.
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What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?
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We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more [Christlike], that we do not become discouraged and lose hope. Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.
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On the other hand, with a sense of the sacred, one grows in understanding and
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Of all your associations, it is your relationship with God, your Heavenly Father, who is the source of your moral power.
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Keep going and the Lord will help you.
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Repentance is a divine gift, and there should be a smile on our faces when we speak of it. It points us to freedom, confidence, and peace. Rather than interrupting the celebration, the gift of repentance is the cause for true celebration.
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Only through repentance do we gain access to the atoning grace of Jesus Christ.
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Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard.
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Take responsibility and go to work so God has something to help us with.
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Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy and refinement in relationships and in cultures.
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Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God. A consecrated life is filled with work, sometimes repetitive, sometimes menial, sometimes unappreciated but always work that improves, orders, sustains, lifts, ministers, aspires.
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One of the blessings of the temple is the perspective that it provides. When we go to the house of the Lord, we leave all of our cares and problems at the door. And when we come back out, they’re still there. We have to pick them back up and they haven’t changed, but what has changed is us.
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True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to our highest destiny.
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Without repentance, there is no real progress or improvement in life. Pretending there is no sin does not lessen its burden and pain. Suffering for sin does not by itself change anything for the better. Only repentance leads to the sunlit uplands ofa better life.
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By "moral discipline," I mean self-discipline based on moral standards. Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard. It rejects the self-absorbed life in favor of developing character worthy of respect and true greatness through Christlike service.
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All of us can meet God's high expectations.
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A covenant is an agreement between God and man, an accord whose terms are set by God.
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Freedom comes not from resisting truth, but from applying it.