Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes

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• Sometimes the greatest love is not found in the dramatic scenes that poets and writers immortalize. Often, the greatest manifestations of love are the simple acts of kindness and caring we extend to those we meet along the path of life.

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  Love, Life, Kindness

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• The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss. That which is taken away from those who love the Lord will be added unto them in His own way. While it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude.

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  Gratitude, Taken, Loss

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• No matter our age, our circumstances, or abilities... Each one of us can create something remarkable with our lives.

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  Attitude, Age, Matter

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• The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.

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  Beautiful, Flower, Love Is

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• The church is not a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, or have perfect thoughts, or have perfect feelings. The Church is a place where imperfect people gather to provide encouragement, support, and service to each other as we press on in our journey to return to our Heavenly Father.

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  Encouragement, Father, Journey

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• In our own storms in life the Savior is our solace and our sanctuary. If we seek peace, we must come unto Him, the Man who suffered for mankind, who committed His life to healing the sick and comforting the disconsolate, is mindful of your sufferings, doubts, and heartaches. Living the gospel does not mean the storms of life will pass us by, but we will be better prepared to face them with serenity and peace.

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  Healing, Mean, Men

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• As we come unto Christ and journey to higher ground, we will desire to spend more time in His temples, because the temples represent higher ground, sacred ground.

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  Journey, Higher Ground, Desire

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• Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known. Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.

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  Fashion, Kindness, Heart

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• Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best.

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  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

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• The way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.

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  Adversity, Successful, Way

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• Come what may and love it.

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  Inspirational, Spiritual, Attitude

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• The simple secret is this: put your trust in the Lord, do your best, then leave the rest to Him.

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  Simple, Secret, Trust In The Lord

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• The next time you’re tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives of all those around you more enjoyable.

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  Laughing, Trying, Next

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• Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time, are precisely the kinds of experiences that stretch our understanding, build our character, and increase our compassion for others.

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  Jobs, Disappointment, Character

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• Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays. But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come. No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come.

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  Life, Friday, Lying

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• Without adversity, the butterfly would never have the strength to achieve its destiny. It would never develop the strength to become something extraordinary.

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  Butterfly, Adversity, Destiny

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• Kindness is the essence of greatness.

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  Kindness, Greatness, Essence

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• Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.

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  Maturity, Discipline, Mind

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• Brothers and sisters, if only we had more compassion for those who are different from us, it would lighten many of the problems and sorrows in the world today. It would certainly make our families and the Church a more hallowed and heavenly place.

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  Brother, Compassion, Sorrow

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• If you feel that Heavenly Father is not listening to your petitions, ask yourself if you are listening to the cries of the poor, the sick, the hungry, and the afflicted all around you.

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  Father, Sick, Listening

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• At the final day the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame. He will ask if we ministered to the sick, gave food and drink to the hungry, visited those in prison, or gave succor to the weak. When we reach out to assist the least of Heavenly Father’s children, we do it unto Him. That is the essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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  Jesus, Children, Father

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• Each choice has a consequence. Each consequence a destination.

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  Positive, Law Of Attraction, Choices

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• We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.

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  Journey, Long, Each Day

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• If we approach adversities wisely, our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward times of greatest happiness.

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  Adversity, Growth, Approach

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• The most treasured and sacred moments of our lives are those filled with the spirit of love. The greater the measure of our love, the greater is our joy. In the end, the development of such love is the true measure of success in life.

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  Love Is, Joy, Development

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