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Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing, nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image.

Jeffrey R. Holland

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Jeffrey R. Holland
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: December 3
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St. George
Utah
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He has, He reminds us, graven thee upon the palms of my hands (1 Nephi 21:16). Considering the incomprehensible cost of the Crucifixion, Christ is not going to turn His back on us now.
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Missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience.
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Rights are best guarded when each person and group guards for others those rights they wish guarded for themselves.
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It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ's Atonement shines.
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Teach your children that many of the blessings of the Church are available to them because you and they give tithes and offerings to the Church. Teach them that those blessings could come virtually no other way.
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