Dallin H. Oaks Quotes

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• I say, choose faith. Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism.

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  Doubt, Unseen, Pessimism

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• Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.

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  Adversity, Way, Permanent

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• Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.

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  Priorities In Life, Choices, Desire

  "Desire". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Website, www.lds.org. April 2011.

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• You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.

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  Spiritual, Needs, Wise Words

  "Joy and Mercy". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, November 1991.

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• To avoid all possibility for error is to avoid all possibility for growth.

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  Errors, Growth, Possibility

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• A good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection.

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  Family, Marriage, Couple

  "Divorce". Dallin H. Oaks' address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2007.

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• Through the lens of spirituality, we see all the commandments of God as invitations to blessings.

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  Blessing, Lenses, Spirituality

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• The commandment to avoid contention applies to those who are right as well as those who are wrong.

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  Wells, Contention, Commandments

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• When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved in the work of the Lord, the obstacles before us are never as great as the power behind us. We should reach out and climb. Handholds will only be found by hands that are outstretched. Footholds are only for feet that are on the move.

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  Moving, Adversity, Responsibility

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• If we knew that we would meet the Lord tomorrow - through our premature death or through His unexpected coming - what would we do today? What confessions would we make? What practices would we discontinue? What accounts would we settle? What forgivenesses would we extend? What testimonies would we bear? If we would do those things then, why not now?

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  Practice, Why Not, Today

  "Preparation for the Second Coming". Dallin H. Oaks' address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2004.

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• The gospel of Jesus Christ is the brightest light and the only hope for this darkened world.

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  Jesus, Light, World

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• Man's laws cannot make moral what God has declared immoral

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  Men, Law, Moral

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• If we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination.

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  Destination, Oaks, Wrong Road

  "Be Not Deceived". www.lds.org. October 2004.

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• Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.

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  Commitment, Following Christ, Practice

  FaceBook post by Dallin H Oaks from Jun 24, 2014

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• What does it mean to be true to the faith? That word true implies commitment, integrity, endurance, and courage.

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  Integrity, Mean, Commitment

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• Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like Paul and Peter and James and John.

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  Religion, Degrees, Divinity

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• Young people, if you honor your fathers, you will love them, respect them, confide in them, be considerate of them, express appreciation for them, and demonstrate all of these things by following their counsel in righteousness and by obeying the commandments of God.

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  Appreciation, Father, People

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• We should refrain from anything that seems to be a final judgment of any person...the Lord alone has the capacity to judge...And, in all of this we must remember the command to forgive.

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  Judging, Forgiving, Finals

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• The purpose of the gospel is to transform common creatures into celestial citizens, and that requires change.

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  Citizens, Purpose, Common

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• When we have a vision of what we can become, our desire and our power to act increase enormously.

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  Vision, Desire, Increase

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• Over past years we have seen unrelenting pressure from advocates of homosexuality to accept as normal what is not normal, and to characterize those who disagree as narrow-minded, bigoted and unreasonable. Such advocates are quick to demand freedom of speech and thought for themselves, but equally quick to criticize those with a different view and, if possible, to silence them by applying labels like "homophobic."

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  Past, Views, Years

  Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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• ...A man is not required to run faster than he is able but it is a requirement to run.

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  Running, Work, Men

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• It's amazing how much you can get done if you don't worry about who gets the credit.

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  Business, Worry, Religion

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• Our attitude determines how we evaluate our life's experiences. They determine how we evaluate ourselves. They also govern how we look at other people. Are we inclined to judge an eternal soul by the appearance of an earthly body? Do we see the beautiful soul of a brother or sister or do we only see that person's earthly tabernacle? Bodies can be distorted by handicap, twisted by injury or worn by age. But if we can learn to see the inner man and woman, we will be seeing as God sees and loving as He loves.

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  Beautiful, Brother, Attitude

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• Our society is not held together primarily by law and its enforcement but most importantly by those who voluntarily obey the unenforceable because of their internalized norms of righteous or correct behavior. Religious belief in right and wrong is a vital influence to produce such voluntary compliance by a large number of our citizens.

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  Religious, Law, Numbers

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