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Though we disagree, we should not be disagreeable.

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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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Dallin Harris Oaks
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We feel great compassion for parents whose love and protective instincts for their challenged children have moved them to some positions that are adversary to the Church. I hope the Lord will be merciful to parents whose love for their children has caused them to get into such traps.
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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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There is not a right and a wrong answer to every question.
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We should recognize that the Lord will speak to us through the Spirit in His own time and in His own way.
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It seems to me that a Latter-day Saint parent has a responsibility in love and gentleness to affirm the teaching of the Lord through His prophets that the course of action he is about to embark upon is sinful.
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...When a choice will make a real difference in our lives—obvious or not—and when we are living in tune with the Spirit and seeking his guidance, we can be sure we will receive the guidance we need to attain our goal.
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The ultimate treasures on earth and in heaven are our children and our posterity.
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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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Plan specifically so you can implement flexibly.
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Our spirits...require nourishment. Just as there is food for the body, there is food for the spirit. The consequences of spiritual malnutrition are just as hurtful to our spiritual lives as physical malnutrition is to our physical bodies.
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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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We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate for our inadequacies and repair our imperfections.
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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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Love is the most powerful force in the world.
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We should recognize the reality that just because something is good is not sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can do far exceeds the time available to accomplish them.
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If you are trying to live with and maintain ascendancy over same-gender attractions, the best way to do that is to have groups that define their members in terms other than same-gender attractions.
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If we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination.
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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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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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I just didn’t spend enough time with my job.
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