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Happiness in marriage and parenthood can exceed a thousand times any other happiness

James E. Faust

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James E. Faust
Age: 87 †
Born: 1920
Born: July 31
Died: 2007
Died: August 10
Hymnwriter
Lawyer
Politician
Priest
Delta
Utah
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Parenthood
Marriage
Thousand
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We perhaps need to snatch happiness in little pieces, learning to recognize the elements of happiness and then treasuring them while they last.
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The principle of work is part of self-discipline. Now, my dear young sisters, I have lived a good many years longer than you, but even back in Grandpa's time there was something to make you want to lie down and go to sleep-they called it work.
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There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.
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You must have the strength to discipline yourselves so that you can accomplish your goals and enhance your natural strengths. Habits of self-discipline formed while you are young will become part of the makeup of your character for the rest of your lives.
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Noble fatherhood gives us a glimpse of the divine attributes of our Father in Heaven.
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This Christmas and every Christmas will be richer by sharing and enjoying gifts that cannot be held but only felt.
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Another false philosophy that appeals to the Mr. Hyde side of our natures is that peeking into pornography is harmless. This is a terrible deception. Pornography is as addictive as cocaine or any illegal drug.
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The Holy Ghost is the greatest guarantor of inward peace in our unstable world.
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In recent years, many seem to have spent their lives protesting. Perhaps they have felt to do this because they have felt repressed or wished to bring about change or have acted out of selfish reasons, thinking that if they tore the house down they might end up with a shingle.
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I urge the husbands and fathers of this church to be the kind of a man your wife would not want to be without.
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In order to do well, missionary work has to be totally positive.
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Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.
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Believing requires action.
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Here then is a great # truth . In the # pain , the # agony , and the # heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a # refiner 's # fire , and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our # faith # bright , # intact , and # strong .
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In the enriching of marriage, the big things are the little things. There must be constant appreciation for each other and thoughtful demonstration of gratitude. A couple must encourage and help each other grow. Marriage is a joint quest for the good, the beautiful, and the divine
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The gap between what is popular and what is righteous is widening.
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There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus they bless.
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Some, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens's A Christmas Carol, have a hard time loving anyone, even themselves, because of their selfishness. Love seeks to give rather than to get. Charity towards and compassion for others is a way to overcome too much self-love
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Private choices are not private they all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There are no completely private choices.
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We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.
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