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The saving principles and doctrines of the Church are established, fixed, and unchangeable.

James E. Faust

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James E. Faust
Age: 87 †
Born: 1920
Born: July 31
Died: 2007
Died: August 10
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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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May we dedicate our lives to serving the Lord and not worry about offending the devil.
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A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.
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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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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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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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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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I believe that God has opened up these treasures on intelligence to enhance His purposes on the earth.
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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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This Christmas and every Christmas will be richer by sharing and enjoying gifts that cannot be held but only felt.
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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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Happiness in marriage and parenthood can exceed a thousand times any other happiness
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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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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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Obedience is the path to freedom.
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A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.
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We acquire a testimony of the principles of the gospel by obediently trying to live them.
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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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None of us knows the wisdom of the Lord. We do not know in advance exactly how He would get us from where we are to where we need to be, but He does offer us broad outlines in our patriarchal blessings. We encounter many bumps, bends, and forks in the road of life that leads to the eternities.
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