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Dallin H. Oaks
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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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The ultimate defining fact for all of us is that we are children of Heavenly Parents, born on this earth for a purpose, and born with a divine destiny.
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Our priorities are most visible in how we use our time. Someone has said, “Three things never come back—the spent arrow, the spoken word, and the lost opportunity.” We cannot recycle or save the time allotted to us each day. With time, we have only one opportunity for choice, and then it is gone forever.
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I just didn’t spend enough time with my job.
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Fear not little flock do good let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail. . .Look unto me in every thought doubt not, fear not.
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It's amazing how much you can get done if you don't worry about who gets the credit.
Dallin H. Oaks
All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.
Dallin H. Oaks
Love is the most powerful force in the world.
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Everyone has some challenges they have to struggle with.
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It's wrong to criticize leaders of the Church, even if the criticism is true.
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Those who enjoy the blessings of liberty under a divinely inspired constitution should promote morality, and they should practice what the Founding Fathers called civic virtue.
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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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The healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ-whether it removes our burdens or strengthens us to endure and live with them like the Apostle Paul-is available for every affliction in mortality.
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The word sharing affirms that we have something extraordinarily valuable and desire to give it to others for their benefit and blessing.
Dallin H. Oaks
The greatest power God has given to His sons cannot be exercised without the companionship of one of His daughters.
Dallin H. Oaks
We are cast as combatants in the war between truth and error. There is no middle ground. We must stand up for truth, even while we practice tolerance and respect for beliefs and ideas different from our own and for the people who hold them.
Dallin H. Oaks
Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.
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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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Alcohol is the number one addictive drug in our day.
Dallin H. Oaks
The distinction between feelings or inclinations on the one hand, and behavior on the other hand, is very clear. It's no sin to have inclinations that if yielded to would produce behavior that would be a transgression. The sin is in yielding to temptation. Temptation is not unique. Even the Savior was tempted.
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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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