Henry B. Eyring Quotes - Page 8

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• There are more temples across the earth than there have ever been. More people in all the world have felt the Spirit of Elijah move them to record the identities and facts of their ancestors' lives.

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  Moving, People, Identity

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• Those who submit like a child do it because they know that the Father wants only the happiness of His children and that only He knows the way. That is the testimony we must have to keep praying like a submissive child, in the good times as well as the times of trouble.

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  Children, Father, Want

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• Our Heavenly Father loves us. He sent His Only Begotten Son to be our Savior. He knew that in mortality we would be in grave danger, the worst of it from the temptations of a terrible adversary. That is one of the reasons why the Savior has provided priesthood keys so that those with ears to hear and faith to obey could go to places of safety.

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  Father, Son, Keys

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• Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us to feel fully the conviction of our sins. He knows the depths of our remorse. He can then direct what we must do to qualify for forgiveness.

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  Prayer, Father, Humble

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• It is serving God and others persistently with full heart and soul that turns testimony of truth into unbreakable spiritual strength.

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  Spiritual, Heart, Soul

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• Jesus Christ is the light and the life of the world. If we do not choose to move toward Him, we will find that we have moved away ... Whether or not you choose to keep your covenant to always remember Him, He always remembers you.

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  Jesus, Moving, Light

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• Each of us, whatever our talents, has service to give. And to do it well always involves learning, not once or for a limited time, but continually.

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  Giving, Limited Time, Talent

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• It is hard to repent, to admit you are wrong on faith alone before the evidence of a feeling of being forgiven and light comes.

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  Faith, Light, Feelings

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• Our human tendency is to be impatient with the person who cannot see the truth that is so plain to us. We must be careful that our impatience is not interpreted as condemnation or rejection.

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  Rejection, Impatient, Impatience

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• We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the basis of political campaign strategy. It is the theme of much television programming across the world. It sells newspapers. Whenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections.

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  Sports, Blood, Long

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• The ideal God holds for us is to form families in the way most likely to lead to happiness and away from sorrow.

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  Sorrow, Way, Form

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• We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the inalienable right to submit ourselves to whichever of those powers we choose.

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  Agency, Moral, Influence

  "Finding Safety in Counsel". Henry B. Eyring's address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 1997.

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• You could have an experience with the gift of the Holy Ghost today. You could begin a private prayer with thanks. You could start to count your blessings, and then pause for a moment. If you exercise faith, and with the gift of the Holy Ghost, you will find that memories of other blessings will flood into your mind. If you begin to express gratitude for each of them, your prayer may take a little longer than usual. Remembrance will come. And so will gratitude.

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  Thank You, Gratitude, Memories

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• We . . . have to open our mouths and bear testimony.

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  Mouths, Bears, Testimony

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• We cannot control what others choose to do, and so we cannot force our children to heaven, but we can determine what we will do. And we can decide that we will do all we can to bring down the powers of heaven into that family we want so much to have forever.

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  Children, Heaven, Forever

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• Only God knows hearts, and so only He can say, in truth, “I know how you feel.”

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  Heart, How You Feel, God Knows

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• Even before baptism, a child or an adult can have the Holy Ghost testify to their hearts of sacred truth. They must act on that testimony to retain it, but it will guide them toward goodness.

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  Children, Heart, Baptism

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• I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to bring the gospel to all the world.

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  Missionary, World, Causes

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• The words of confirmation into the Church are an invitation: Receive the Holy Ghost. And that choice must be made not once, but every day, every hour, every minute.

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  Choices, Church, Ghost

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• The thirst for education that comes with the change the gospel brings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on our motives.

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  Blessing, Motive, Curse

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• The Lord's way to help those in temporal need requires people who out of love have consecrated themselves and what they have to God and to His work.

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  People, Needs, Way

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• The message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is that we can and must expect to become better as long as we live.

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  Jesus, Long, Messages

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• God asks that we give thanks to Him for whatever blessings we receive from Him. It is easy for us to become mechanical in our prayers of gratitude, often repeating the same words but without the intent to give our thanks as a gift of the heart to God.

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  Gratitude, Prayer, Heart

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• When you choose whether to make or keep a covenant with God, you choose whether you will leave an inheritance of hope to those who might follow your example.

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  Covenant With God, Example, Inheritance

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• It is only with the companionship of the Holy Ghost that we can hope to be equally yoked in a marriage free from discord. I have seen how that companionship is crucial for felicity in a marriage. The miracle of becoming one requires the help of heaven, and it takes time.

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  Becoming One, Heaven, Miracle

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