Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
EZRA TAFT BENSONThe leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive…It is estimated that growing children today watch television over twenty-five hours per week.
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The leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive…It is estimated that growing children today watch television over twenty-five hours per week.
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We live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins.
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If you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter.
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When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.
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We will not know Him, until we become like him.
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Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
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The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.
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Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
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Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth; it is a matter of desire, diligence, and determination to see one’s family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.
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I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.
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A father’s calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.
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Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.
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“On my honor” – what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout’s Oath.
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The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.
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