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• Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.

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  Anger, Doe, Harm

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• Throughout the ages advanced souls have yearned for a society in which liberty and justice prevail. Men have sought for it, fought for it, have died for it. Ancient freemen prized it; slaves longed for it; the Magna Charta demanded it; the Constitution of the United States declared it.

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  Men, Justice, Soul

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• True happiness comes only by making others happy.

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  True Happiness

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• True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.

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  Art, Character, Doe

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• True liberty in individuals consists in the enjoying of every right that will contribute to one's peace and happiness, so long as the exercise of such a privilege does not interfere with the same privilege in others.

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  Exercise, Long, Liberty

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• Friendship is a sacred possession. As air, water and sunshine to flowers, trees and verdure, so smiles, sympathy and love of friends to the daily life of man. To live, laugh, love one's friends, and be loved by them is to bask in the sunshine of life.

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  Flower, Sunshine, Live Laugh Love

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• Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself. A martyr at the stake may have happiness that a king on his throne might envy. Man is the creator of his own happiness. It is the aroma of life, lived in harmony with high ideals. For what a man has he may be dependent upon others; what he is rests with him alone.

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  Kings, Heart, Character

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• The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration. Real life is response to the best within us. To be alive only to appetite, pleasure, pride, money-making, and not to goodness and kindness, purity and love, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God and eternal hopes, is to deprive one's self of the real joy of living.

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  Religious, Stars, Kindness

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• As long as the day lasts, let's give it all we got.

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  Perseverance, Long, Giving

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• Always remember that a soldier's pack is lighter than a slave's chains.

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  War, Soldier, Remember

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• I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness of that teaching hangs the destiny of nations.

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  Teaching, Destiny, Thinking

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• Do your duty that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.

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  Lord, Doing Your Best, Duty

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• Well,’ you may ask, ‘how may I know when I am in love?’ . . . George Q. Morris [who later became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, gave this reply]: ‘My mother once said that if you meet a girl in whose presence you feel a desire to achieve, who inspires you to do your best, and to make the most of yourself, such a young woman is worthy of your love and is awakening love in your heart.

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  Girl, Mother, Heart

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• Brothers and sisters, I believe that there are few, even temple workers, who comprehend the full meaning and power of the temple endowment. Seen for what it is, it is the step-by-step ascent into the Eternal Presence. If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives.

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  Spiritual, Brother, Motivation

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• Let us instill into the hearts of our children the love of freedom. Teach them that to be free is as precious as life itself. Fight every influence - Socialist, communist, whatever it may be - that would deprive an American citizen of the liberty vouchsafed by the Constitution. Liberty is truth. In truth we find liberty. You teachers, feel it in your hearts; instill it into the hearts of these precious children. May the Church of Jesus Christ ever stand true to the ideals of freedom.

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  Teacher, Jesus, Children

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• "We don't take sufficient time to meditate." I get up early in the morning...five o'clock, when my mind and spirit are clear and rested. Then I meditate.

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  Morning, Thinking, Up Early

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• It is written that he who governs well, leads the blind; But that he who teaches, gives them eyes.

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  Eye, Giving, Blind

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• Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.

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  Parent, Family And Friends, Given

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• I will raise my voice as long as God gives me sound or ability, against this Communistic idea that the Government will take care of us all, and everything belongs to the government. It is wrong!

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  Government, Ideas, Voice

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• Pleasure is not the purpose of man's existence. Joy is.

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  Men, Joy, Purpose

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• That which a man continually thinks about determines his actions in times of opportunity and stress. I will know what you are if you tell me what you think about when you don't have to think.

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  Stress, Opportunity, Men

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• The development of our spiritual nature should concern us most. Spirituality is the highest acquisition of the soul, the divine in man; 'the supreme, crowning gift that makes him king of all created things.' It is the consciousness of victory over self and of communion with the infinite. It is spirituality alone which really gives one the best in life.

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  Spiritual, Kings, Men

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• Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls

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  Music, Moving, Soul

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• All good things require effort. That which is worth having will cost part of your physical being, your intellectual power and your soul power. Let us ever keep in mind that life is largely what we make it.

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  Effort, Soul, Intellectual

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• The basis of all sin is selfishness.

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  Selfishness, Sin, Bases

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