Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
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We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough.
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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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The scriptures speak of ‘the shield of faith wherewith,’ the Lord said, ‘ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked’ (D&C 27:17).
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Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . .
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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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