Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYKeep your families close together, and love and honor your children.
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Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations.
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Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.
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Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future.
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We’ve got to have a little humor in our lives. You had better take seriously that which should be taken seriously but, at the same time, we can bring in a touch of humor now and again. If the time ever comes when we can’t smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.
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Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.
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If you do not choose the kingdom of God, it does not matter what you choose instead.
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In all this world there is no substitute for personal integrity. It includes honor. It includes performance. It includes keeping one’s word. It includes doing what is right regardless of the circumstances
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Work will cure your grief. Serve others.
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The course of our lives is not determined by great, awesome decisions. Our direction is set by the little day-to-day choices which chart the track on which we run.
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Quiet talk is the language of love. It is the language of peace. It is the language of God.
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You have not failed until you quit trying.
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No matter how old we become, we can acquire knowledge and use it. We can gather wisdom and profit from it. We can grow and progress and improve-and, in the process, strengthen the lives of those within our circle of influence.
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You can’t plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.
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Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.
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The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.
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He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.
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Father forgive us, for we do not what we know.
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There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer.
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Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.
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I am suggesting that we spend a little less time in idleness, in the fruitless pursuit of watching inane and empty television programs. Time so utilized can be put to better advantage, and the consequences will be wonderful.
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You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others.
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The greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging and rearing her children in righteousness and truth. None other can adequately take her place.
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I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That’s much better than watching television, much better. They won’t get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.
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You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
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True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one’s companion.
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Do not let fear overcome your efforts.
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