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Loving-kindness is required, but a follower of Christ-just like the Master-will be firm in the truth.

Dallin H. Oaks

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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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Our Savior gave Himself in unselfish service. He taught that each of us should follow Him by denying ourselves of selfish interests in order to serve others.
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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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Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.
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The ultimate treasures on earth and in heaven are our children and our posterity.
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