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We have to forego some good things in order to choose others that are better or best because they develop faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and strengthen our families.

Dallin H. Oaks

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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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If we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination.
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The greatest power God has given to His sons cannot be exercised without the companionship of one of His daughters.
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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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If people want to legalize a particular relationship, we need to be careful if that kind of relationship has been disapproved for millennia.
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Service is an imperative for those who worship Jesus Christ and a covenant obligation of those who belong to his Church.
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God loves all of His children. He has provided a plan for His children to enjoy the choicest blessings that He has to offer in eternity. Those choicest blessings are associated with marriage between a man and a woman by appropriate priesthood authority to bring together a family unit for creation and happiness in this life and in the life to come.
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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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Feelings can be controlled and behavior can be controlled. The line of sin is between the feelings and the behavior. The line of prudence is between the susceptibility and the feelings.
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When we undertake to cover our sins, . . . behold, the heavens withdraw themselves the Spirit of the Lord is grieved and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man
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When all other hope is gone, our Father in Heaven provides the Lamb of God, and we are saved by his sacrifice.
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All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.
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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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