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The greatest power God has given to His sons cannot be exercised without the companionship of one of His daughters.
Dallin H. Oaks
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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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I just didn’t spend enough time with my job.
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Priesthood power blesses all of us. Priesthood keys direct women as well as men, and priesthood ordinances and priesthood authority pertain to women as well as men.
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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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Having descended beneath it all, He is perfectly positioned to lift us.
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Pray that you will have good and correct attitudes about all your experiences - be they good or bad.
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Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties of citizenship. This includes compulsory duties like military service and the numerous voluntary actions they must take if they are to preserve the principle of limited government through citizen self-reliance.
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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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We need to lay hold on the feelings and try to control them to keep us from getting into a circumstance that leads to sinful behavior.
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We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it.
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Our lives of service and sacrifice are the most appropriate expressions of our commitment to serve the Master and our fellowmen.
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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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There is not a right and a wrong answer to every question.
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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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The ultimate treasures on earth and in heaven are our children and our posterity.
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