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In the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.
Russell M. Nelson
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Russell M. Nelson
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: September 9
Cardiologist
Military Physician
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Russell Marion Nelson
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For their salvation is necessary and essential to our salvation, … they without us cannot be made perfect—neither can we without our dead be made perfect.
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God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but we are not. Each day, ours is the challenge to access the power of the Atonement so that we can truly change, become more Christlike, and qualify for the gift of exaltation and live eternally with God, Jesus Christ, and our families. For these powers, privileges, and gospel gifts, thanks be to God!
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.
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Integrity safeguards love, and love makes family life rich and zestful-now and forever.
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You young men need to know that you can hardly achieve your highest potential without the influence of a good women, particularly you mother, and in a few years, a good wife.
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Now is the time to align our goals with God's goals.
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