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instruct them to walk uprightly and to become worthy citizens in the
kingdom of God is our greatest obligation." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "A man"s reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused
gives the measure of that man"s character. In these reactions are revealed
the man"s power to govern or his forced servility to yield." | |
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Found in the topic Impulse.
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| "Please do not think me a pessimist. I love life. I think it is a joy
to live in this age. Every morning, as I greet the sun as he ushers in
these unexcelled autumn days, I feel the joy of living. I realize the
accomplishments, to a certain degree, of this wonderful mechanistic age.
Today time and distance are practically annihilated." | |
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Found in the topic Pessimist.
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| "We are prone to magnify weaknesses and to imagine vices in others
that do not exist. We chew the cud of slander with satisfaction ? slander,
"whose whisper over the world?s diameter, as level as the cannon to its
blank, transports his poisoned shot." Talk about battles yet to be fought!
Backbiting and evil speaking head the list!" | |
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Found in the topic Slander.
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| "There is [a] spiritual strength derived from the subjecting of the
physical appetite to the will of the individual. "He who reigns within
himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than king." If
there were no other virtues in fasting but gaining strength of character,
that alone would be sufficient justification for its universal
acceptance." | |
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Found in the topic Spirit.
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| "Thankfulness is measured by the number of words; gratitude is
measured by the nature of our actions." | |
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Found in the topic Gratitude.
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| "I"d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I"d rather have one
walk beside me than merely point the way." | |
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Found in the topic Preach.
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| "Sometimes the things that hold you down are the things that hold you
up." | |
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Found in the topic Progress.
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| "One time or another we all face adversity?s chilling wind. One man
flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another
yields no retreating inch, and the wind that would destroy him lifts him
as readily to the heights. We are not measured by the trials we meet, only
by those we overcome." | |
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Found in the topic Adversity.
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| "Let us ... realize that the privilege to work is a gift, that the
power to work is a blessing, that love of work is success." | |
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Found in the topic Friendship.
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| "To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved. Love is the
sweetest thing in the world, but to be trusted throws upon him who
receives that trust an obligation that he must not fail to
discharge." | |
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Found in the topic Trust.
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| "I will know what you are if you tell me what you think about when
you don?t have to think." | |
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Found in the topic Self.
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| "That from the heart come good thoughts and bad thoughts is the
message of the Savior. By the right choice, and through application of
thought, man ascends to divine perfection; by the abuse and wrong
application of thought, he descends below the level of the beasts. Between
these two extremes are all the grades of character and man in their maker
and master. Jesus taught that from within the heart of man come evil
thoughts, sexual vice, acts of theft, murder, adultery, greed. When men
commit these crimes individually or collectively, they trespass upon human
rights and, of course, bring misery into the world. A noble and godlike
character is no thing of favor or chance, but is a natural result of
continued effort and right thinking, the effect of long cherished
associations with godlike thoughts." | |
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Found in the topic Heart.
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| "The Savior"s constant desire and effort were to implant in the mind
right thoughts, pure motives, noble ideals, knowing full well that right
words and actions would inevitably follow." | |
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Found in the topic Mind.
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| "He taught, and modern physiology and psychology confirm, that hate
and jealousy and other evil passions destroy a man"s physical vigor and
efficiency. What a man continually thinks about determines his actions in
times of opportunity and stress. A man"s reaction to his appetites and
impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man"s character.
In these reactions are revealed the man"s power to govern or his forced
servility to yield." | |
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Found in the topic Psychology.
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