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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.

Dallin H. Oaks

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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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The principles stated in the proclamation on the family are a beautiful expression of this gospel culture.
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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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Loving-kindness is required, but a follower of Christ-just like the Master-will be firm in the truth.
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Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. In addition, it is our actions and our desires that cause us to become something, whether a true friend, a gifted teacher, or one who has qualified for eternal life.
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It is not enough that we are under call or even that we are going in the right direction. The timing must be right.
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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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The coup de grace which ends the patient's life altogether is quite equivalent to the drastic modification in the institution of marriage that would be brought on by same-gender marriage.
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Love is the most powerful force in the world.
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We are all preparing for things to come. That is the purpose of mortal life. ... We are all children of a Heavenly Father who has sent us to earth with the invitation to prepare for eternal life. Every choice, every experience, every repentance and reformation prepares us for what is to come.
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Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand.
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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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We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it.
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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 are people who oppose a federal Constitutional amendment because they think that the law of family should be made by the states. I can see a legitimate argument there. I think it's mistaken, however, because the federal government, through the decisions of life-tenured federal judges, has already taken over that area.
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In the acquisition of Sacred knowledge, scholarship and reason are not alternatives to revelation. They are a means to an end, and the end is revelation from God.
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Our earliest efforts will be heard with joy by our Heavenly Father, however they are phrased.
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The Parliament in Canada and the Congress in Washington do not have the authority to revoke the commandments of God, or to modify or amend them in any way.
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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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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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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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