Russell M. Nelson Quotes

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• Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.

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  Life, Motivational, Change

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• We should not be discouraged or depressed by our shortcomings. No one is without weakness. As part of the divine plan, we are tested to see whether we master weakness or let weakness master us. Proper diagnosis is essential to proper treatment. The Lord gave us this remarkable assurance: "Because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong" (Ether 12:37). But wishing for strength won't make us strong. It takes faith and work to shore up a weakened cord of integrity.

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  Strong, Integrity, Wish

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• When we love somebody, we show it by doing something nice. So learn to serve: find a need and fulfill a need. Surprise people with a good deed they hadn't planned on. We have that opportunity at home, at school, and at church.

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  Nice, Home, School

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• Counting blessings is better than recounting problems

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  Blessing, Problem, Counting

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• With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.

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  Adversity, Sight, Trials

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• Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never right

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  Ifs

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• Each day is a day of decision, and our decisions determine our destiny.

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  Destiny, Decision, Each Day

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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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  Jesus, Yesterday, Forever

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• Men are that they might have joy . . . not guilt trips.

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  Men, Joy, Guilt

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• The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity. You are never too young to learn, never too old to change. Your yearnings to learn and change come from a divinely instilled striving for eternal progression. Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

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  Wise, Spiritual, Opportunity

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• Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage - in every thought and deed.

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  Life, Children, Healing

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• Keep studying the scriptures, keep doing the things that build your faith in Jesus Christ and then notice the wise choices you are naturally drawn to make

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  Wise, Jesus, Choices

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• The Lord can only teach an inquiring mind.

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  Mind, Inquiring, Lord

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• Act by inspiration, motivated by love.

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  Inspiration, Motivated

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• Our busy lives force us to focus on things we do from day to day. But the development of character comes only as we focus on who we really are.

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  Character, Focus, Development

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• We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

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  God, Flower, Heaven

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• Have faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy. [You] will encounter people who pick which commandments they will keep and ignore others that they choose to break. I call this the cafeteria approach to obedience. This practice of picking and choosing will not work. It will lead to misery. To prepare to meet God, one keeps all of His commandments. It takes faith to obey them, and keeping His commandments will strengthen that faith.

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  Children, Practice, Knowing

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• How you deal with life’s trials is part of the development of your faith.

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  Trials, Development, Deals

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• Now is the time to align our goals with God's goals.

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  Goal

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• Sweet serenity is found in fervent prayer. Then, we forget ourselves and remember the reaching hands of the Savior, who said, "Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." As our burdens are shared with Him, they do become lighter.

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  Sweet, Prayer, Hands

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• While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.

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  Choices, Made, Tied

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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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  Doubt, Doe, Care

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• Agency, or the power to choose, was ours as spirit children of our Creator before the world was. It is a gift from God, nearly as precious as life itself. Often, however, agency is misunderstood. While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequence of those choices. We are free to take drugs or not. But once we choose to use a habit-forming drug, we are bound to the consequences of that choice. Addiction surrenders later freedom to choose.

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  Life, Children, Agency

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• Revelation need not all come at once. It may be incremental. 'Saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more' (2 Nephi 28:30). Patience and perseverance are part of our eternal progression.

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  Perseverance, Children, Blessed

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• Faith is the antidote for fear.

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  Spiritual, Antidote

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