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Noble fatherhood gives us a glimpse of the divine attributes of our Father in Heaven.

James E. Faust

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James E. Faust
Age: 87 †
Born: 1920
Born: July 31
Died: 2007
Died: August 10
Hymnwriter
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Utah
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Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.
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Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength.
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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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Faith is the power, obedience is the price, love is the motive, the Spirit is the key and Christ is the reason.
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We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.
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Missionary work will never be what it might be without the help of the members. Stake presidents need to feel some responsibility and ownership of missionary work. The stake president is the one who has the presiding priesthood keys over both the members and non-members in his stake. The missionaries are his helpers.
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The depth of our belief in the Resurrection and the Atonement of the Savior will, I believe, determine the measure of courage and purpose with which we meet life's challenges.
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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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One of the main problems in families today is that we spend less and less time together.... Time together is precious time-time needed to talk, to listen, to encourage, and to show how to do things.
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In addition to temples, surely another holy place on earth ought to be our homes. The feelings of holiness in my home prepared me for feelings of holiness in the temple.
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It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities.
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Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. . . . Peace comes through hope.
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Listen to your parents. Be obedient to them whether you agree with them or not. They love you more than anyone else and have your best interests at heart.
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Happiness in marriage and parenthood can exceed a thousand times any other happiness
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A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.
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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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The temple was a place of learning for the Savior when He was on the earth it was very much a part of His life. Temple blessings are available once again in our day.
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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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The gap between what is popular and what is righteous is widening.
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