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" When the 'Book of Mormon' was first published, some of those who believed in it taught it to others and testified of it. "

Gordon B. Hinckley

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" Eligibility for a temple recommend is not based on financial worth. That has nothing whatever to do with it. It is based on consistent personal behavior, on the goodness of one's life. It is not concerned with money matters, but rather with things of eternity. "

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" I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort. "

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" The work of the Lord is done by ordinary people who work in an extraordinary way. "

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" Some husbands regard it as their prerogative to compel their wives to fit their standards of what they think to be the ideal. "

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" Every convert is a son or daughter of God. "

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" I would enjoy sitting in a rocker... listening to soft music and contemplating the things of the universe. But such activity offers no challenge and makes no contribution. "

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" In the underdeveloped countries, we have young men and women, many of them of capacity but without opportunity to improve themselves. They cannot do so without help. "

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" Seek to establish an environment conducive to study in the home. "

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" I do not concern myself much with reading long commentary volumes designed to enlarge at length upon that which is found in the scriptures. Rather, I prefer to dwell with the source, tasting of the unadulterated waters of the fountain of truth - the word of God as he gave it and as it has been recorded in the books we accept as scripture. "

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" There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. "

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" I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context. "

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" Brigham Young had a prophetic vision. "

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" Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work. "

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" You have to establish in your life some sense of prioritizing things, of giving emphasis to the important things and of laying aside the unimportant things that will lead to nothing. "

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" The gospel is not a philosophy of repression, as so many regard it. It is a plan of freedom that gives discipline to appetite and direction to behavior. "

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" There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements. "

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" Teach your daughters to walk in virtue. "

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" As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving. "

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" It is difficult for me to understand the tragic accounts of troubled marriages that come to me. "

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" I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the helpfulness, and so on, yes. "

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" It has been my privilege on various occasions to converse with presidents of the United States and important men in other governments. At the close of each such occasion, I have reflected on the rewarding experience of standing with confidence in the presence of an acknowledged leader. "

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" Choose your friends carefully. It is they who will lead you in one direction or the other. "

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" At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple. "

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" If there were no immortality there would be no need for temples. There would be no need for eternal marriage if there were no eternity. "

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" Let the Latter-day Saints be in their homes, teaching their families, reading the scriptures, doing things that are wholesome and beautiful and communing with the Lord on the Sabbath day. "

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" Anything so precious as the gospel of Jesus Christ is worthy of all the effort and sacrifice of time and means employed to teach it. "

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" Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness. "

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" Some of our finest work comes through service to others. "

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" Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion. "

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" I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness. "

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