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Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them.

Jeffrey R. Holland

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Jeffrey R. Holland
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: December 3
Educator
Priest
Writer
St. George
Utah
Jeffrey Roy Holland
Belief
Courtesy
Defend
Beliefs
Compassion

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Along with filters on computers and a lock on affections, remember that the only real control in life is self-control.
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Sometimes it seems especially difficult to submit to great tribulation when we look around and see others seemingly much less obedient who triumph even as we weep. But time is measured only unto man, says Alma (see Alma 40:8), and God has a very good memory.
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I ask for a stonger and more devoted voice... a voice for good, a voice for the gospel, a voice for God.
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The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead we remember that faith is always pointed toward the future.
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Trust in God. Hold on to His love. Know that one day the dawn will break brightly and all shadows of mortality will flee.
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Although I may not be my brother's keeper, I am my brother's brother, and 'because I have been given much, I too must give.'
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Just believing, just having a molecule of faith--that simple step, when focused on the Lord Jesus Christ, has ever been and always will be not only the first principle of His Eternal Gospel but also the first step out of despair.
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Stay in the race. Keep running. Keep walking. Keep praying. The Lord will renew your strength.
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There is no convenient Messiah. Salvation comes only through discipline and sacrifice.
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Don't do anything stupid.
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When life is hard, remember - we are not the first to ask, 'Is there no other way?
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Missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience.
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Rich or poor, we are to “do what we can” when others are in need.
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We don't want God to remember our sins, so there is something fundamentally wrong in our relentlessly trying to remember those of others.
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No one of us is less treasured or cherished of God than another. I testify that he loves each of us--insecuritie s, anxieties, self-image, and all.
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The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever.
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We must not pull away from our children. We must keep trying, keep reaching, keep praying, keep listening. We must keep them within the clasp of our arms.
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If we want it, we can enjoy the joy of our fidelity to the highest and best that is within us. --sat. afternoon 4/3/10 lds general conference
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Perhaps no more beautiful passages have ever been written about the Savior's atonement and crucifixion than those written by Isaiah.
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Excellence does not come easily or quickly-- an excellent education does not, a successful mission does not, a strong, loving marriage does not, rewarding personal relationships do not. It is simply a truism that nothing very valuable can come without significant sacrifice, effort, and patience on our part.
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