James E. Faust Quotes - Page 6

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• You must have the strength to discipline yourselves so that you can accomplish your goals and enhance your natural strengths. Habits of self-discipline formed while you are young will become part of the makeup of your character for the rest of your lives.

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  Character, Makeup, Self

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• The principle of work is part of self-discipline. Now, my dear young sisters, I have lived a good many years longer than you, but even back in Grandpa's time there was something to make you want to lie down and go to sleep-they called it work.

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  Lying, Sleep, Self

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• Our agency, given us through the plan of our Father, is the great alternative to Satan's plan of force. With this sublime gift, we can grow, improve, progress, and seek perfection. Without agency, none of us could grow and develop by learning from our mistakes and errors and those of others.... I do not really think the devil can make us do anything. Certainly he can tempt and he can deceive, but he has no authority over us that we do not give him.

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  Father, Mistake, Thinking

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• My dear young friends, I speak to you as one who stands on the edge of eternity. From that perspective, I see you as the choicest spirits ever placed on the earth. The promises in your generation's patriarchal blessings, if you are faithful, seem to exceed the promises in Sister Faust's blessing and in mine. ...I want you to know that I believe in you. I believe you can be in the world but not of the world.

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  Believe, Blessing, Our Generation

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• Every father and mother are the family's store keepers. They should store whatever their family would like to have in case of an emergency...(and) God will sustain us through our trials.

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  Mother, Religious, Father

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• We should ask ourselves: What are the Brethren saying? The living prophets can open the visions of eternity; they give counsel on how to overcome the world. We cannot know what that counsel is if we do not listen.

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  Religious, Blessing, Giving

  "Reach Up for the Light".

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• We must at times search our own souls and discover what we really are. Our real character, much as we would wish, cannot be hidden.

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  Real, Character, Soul

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• The temple was a place of learning for the Savior when He was on the earth; it was very much a part of His life. Temple blessings are available once again in our day.

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  Blessing, Earth, Temples

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• There is only one Church, and the responsibility for missionary work is universal. 'Every member a missionary.'

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  Responsibility, Church, Missionary

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• President Hinckley's strong, continuing challenge to us is retention, which requires full cooperation between the missionary, the leaders and members.

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  Strong, Leader, Challenges

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• True charity ought to begin in marriage, for it is a relationship that must be rebuilt every day.

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  Funny Marriage, Charity, Ought

  "Fathers, Mothers, Marriage". James E. Faust's First Presidency message, www.lds.org. August 2004.

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• Those who enter into marriage, must be fully prepared to establish their marriage, as the first priority in their lives.

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  Priorities, Firsts, Live By

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• As a young man, I lived through the Great Depression, when banks failed and so many lost their jobs and homes and went hungry. I was fortunate to have a job at a canning factory that paid 25 cents an hour.

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  Jobs, Home, Men

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• Most of us cannot afford to store a year's supply of luxury items, but find it more practical to store staples that might keep us from starving in case of emergency.

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  Years, Luxury, Might

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