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Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.

David O. McKay

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David O. McKay
Age: 96 †
Born: 1873
Born: September 8
Died: 1970
Died: January 18
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Huntsville
Utah
David Oman McKay
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A man may act as his conscience dictates so long as he does not infringe upon the rights of others. That is the spirit of true democracy, and all government by the Priesthood should be actuated by that same high motive.
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Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.
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The kind of life you live, your disposition, your very nature, will be determined by your thoughts, of which your acts are but the outward expression. Thought is the seed of action.
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The world is hungry to hear the truth. ... We have it. Are we equal to the task-to the responsibility God has placed upon us?
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Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives.
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If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives!
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The purpose of the church is to make bad men good and good men better.
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Pleasure is not the purpose of man's existence. Joy is.
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President David O. McKay (1873-1970) observed that too many couples come to marriage looking upon the marriage ceremony as the end of courtship instead of the beginning of an eternal courtship. ... Love can be starved to death as literally as the body that receives no sustenance. Love feeds upon kindness and courtesy
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True education is awakening a love for truth...opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life.
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If you would be happy, render a kind service, make somebody else happy.
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The greatest comfort in this life is having a close relationship with God.
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As long as the day lasts, let's give it all we got.
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No other success can compensate for failure in the home. The poorest shack in which love prevails over a united family is of greater value to God and future humanity that any other riches. In such a home God can work miracles and will work miracles.
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There should be no yelling in the home unless there is a fire.
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Youth need guidance, direction, and proper restraint...Parents, too, have a responsibility in this training not to provoke children to wrath. They should be considerate not to irritate by vexatious commands or place unreasonable blame. Whenever possible they should give encouragement rather than remonstrance or reproof.
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Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
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I will raise my voice as long as God gives me sound or ability, against this Communistic idea that the Government will take care of us all, and everything belongs to the government. It is wrong!
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One of my most precious possessions is my memory of a home in which love was supreme, in which I cannot recall ever a cross word having passed between father and mother. We all owe such a blessing to our children.
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Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.
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