Quoty: quotes tagged with 'blessings'

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in ove...

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

Author: Moliere, Source: Unknown
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I did not find my friends; the good God gave th...

I did not find my friends; the good God gave them to me.

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Source: Unknown
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I know not by what methods rare,�But this I kn...

I know not by what methods rare,�
But this I know:�
God answers prayer.

I know not if the blessing�
Sought will come in just�
The guise I thought.

I leave my prayer to Him alone�
Whose will is wiser than my own.

Author: Eliza Hickok, Source: "God�s Will"
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We have been the recipients of the richest boun...

We have been the recipients of the richest bounties of heaven.� We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity.� We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power, like no other nation ever has.

But we have forgotten God.� We have forgotten the gracious hand that has preserved us in peace and mulitplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined in the decietfullness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.

Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, to proud to pray to God who made us!� It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.

Author: Abrham Lincoln, Source: Lincoln's Proclamation 1863
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With free agency there comes responsibility. If...

With free agency there comes responsibility. If a man is to be rewarded for righteousness and punished for evil, then common justice demands that he be given the power of independent action. A knowledge of good and evil is essential to a man's progress on earth.�

If he were coerced to do right at all times, or were helplessly enticed to commit sin, he would, he would merit neither a blessing for the first nor a punishment for the second.

Man's responsibility is correspondingly operative with his free agency. Actions in harmony with divine laws and the laws of nature will bring happiness, and those in opposition to divine truth, misery. Man is responsible not only for every deed, but also for every idle word and thought.

Author: David O. McKay, Source: Free Agency...the Gift Divine. Improvement Era, Feb 1962, p.86
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I long have been impressed with the truth that ...

I long have been impressed with the truth that meaningful prayer requires both holy communication and consecrated work. Blessings require some effort on our part before we can obtain them, and prayer, as �a form of work, . . . is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings� (Bible Dictionary, �Prayer,� 753). We press forward and persevere in the consecrated work of prayer, after we say �amen,� by acting upon the things we have expressed to Heavenly Father.
Author: Elder David A. Bednar , Source: http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-851-31,00.h...
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Pondering takes our thoughts from the trivial t...

Pondering takes our thoughts from the trivial things of this world and brings us closer to the gentle, guiding hand of our Maker as we heed the �still small voice� of the Holy Ghost (see 1 Kgs. 19:12; 1 Ne. 17:45; D&C 85:6). In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord spoke to David Whitmer: �Your mind has been on the things of the earth more than on the things of � your Maker � ; you have not given heed unto my Spirit� (D&C 30:2).

Pondering the things of the Lord�His word, His teachings, His commandments, His life, His love, the gifts He has given us, His Atonement for us�brings about a tremendous feeling of gratitude for our Savior and for the life and blessings He has given us.
Author: Elder Robert D. Hales, Source: �Healing Soul and Body,� Ensign, Nov 1998, 14. http://www.lds....
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Jesus� challenge shows that the conversion He r...

Jesus� challenge shows that the conversion He required for those who would enter the kingdom of heaven (see Matt. 18:3) was far more than just being converted to testify to the truthfulness of the gospel. To testify is to know and to declare. The gospel challenges us to be �converted,� which requires us to do and to become. If any of us relies solely upon our knowledge and testimony of the gospel, we are in the same position as the blessed but still unfinished Apostles whom Jesus challenged to be �converted.� We all know someone who has a strong testimony but does not act upon it so as to be converted.
Author: Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Source: �The Challenge to Become,� Ensign, Nov 2000, 32�34. http://www...
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� we must lay on the altar and sacrifice whatev...

� we must lay on the altar and sacrifice whatever is required by the Lord. We begin by offering a �broken heart and a contrite spirit.� We follow this by giving our best effort in our assigned fields of labor and callings. We learn our duty and execute it fully. Finally we consecrate our time, talents, and means as called upon by our file leaders and as prompted by the whisperings of the Spirit. In the Church, as in the Welfare system also, we can give expression to every ability, every righteous desire, every thoughtful impulse. Whether a volunteer, father, home teacher, bishop, or neighbor, whether a visiting teacher, mother, homemaker, or friend � there is ample opportunity to give our all. And as we give, we find that �sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven!� And in the end, we learn it was no sacrifice at all.
Author: Spencer W. Kimball, Source: Ensign, May 1978, 81
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If our people will faithfully attend the temple...

If our people will faithfully attend the temple the Lord will bless them in these ways:
1. Greater love and unity in the home
2. Business and professions will prosper
3. Their children will be saved
4. Angels will protect them.
Author: Vaughn J. Featherstone, Source: unknown
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If the Saints obey this counsel [to hold family...

If the Saints obey this counsel [to hold family home evening], we promise that great blessings will result. Love at home and obedience to parents will increase. Faith will be developed in the hearts of the youth... and they will gain power to combat the evil influences and temptations which beset them.
Author: Joseph F. Smith, Source: unknown, 1915
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I recollect very vividly a circumstance that oc...

I recollect very vividly a circumstance that occurred in the days of my childhood. My mother was a widow, with a large family to provide for. One spring when we opened our potato pits, she had her boys get a load of the best potatoes, and she took them to the tithing office; potatoes were scarce that season. I was a little boy at the time, and drove the team. When we drove up to the steps of the tithing office ready to unload the potatoes, one of the clerks came out and said tomy mother: "Widow Smith, it's a shame that you should have to pay tithing." He said a number of other things that I remember well, but they are not necessary for me to repeat here. The first two letters of the name of that tithing clerk were William Thompson and he chided my mother for paying her tithing, called her anything but wise and prudent; and said there were others able to work that were supported from the tithing office. My mother turned upon him and said: "William, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Would you deny me a blessing? If I did not pay my tithing I should expect the Lord to withhold His blessings from me; I pay my tithing, not only because it is a law of God but because I expect a blessing by doing it. By keeping this and other laws, I expect to propser and to be able to provide for my family."

Though she was a widow, you may turn to the records of the Church from the beginning unto the day of her death, and you will find that she never received a farthing from the Church to help her support herself and her family; but she paid in thousands of dollars in wheat, potatoes, corn, vegetables, meat, etc. The tithes of her sheep, the tenth of her eggs, the tenth pig, the tenth call the tenth colt-a tenth of everything she raised was paid. Here sits my brother, who can bear testimony of the truth of what I say, as can others who knew her.

She prospered because she obeyed the laws of God. She had abundance to sustain her family. We never lacked so much as many others did; for while we have found nettle greens most acceptable when we first came to the valley, and while we enjoyed thistle roots, segoes and all that kind of thing, we were no worse off than thousands of others, and not so bad off as many, for we were never without cornmeal and milk and butter, to my knowledge. Then that widow had her name recorded in the book of the law of the Lord. That widow was entitled to the priveleges of the House of God. No ordinance of the gospel could be denied her, for she was obedient to the laws of God, and she would not fail in her duty, though discouraged from observing a commandment of God by one who was in an official position.

This may be said to be personal. By some it may be considered egotistical. But I do not speak of it in this light. When William Thompson told my mother that she ought not to pay tithing, I thought he was one of the finest fellows in the world. I believed every word he said. I had to work and dig and toil myself. I had to help plow the ground, plat the potatoes, hoe the potatoes, dig the potatoes, and like duties, and then to load up a big wagon box full of the very best we had, leaving out the poor ones, and bringing the load to the tithing office. I thought in my childish way that i8tlooked a little hard, especially when I saw certain of my playmates and early associates of childhood, playing round, riding horses and having good times, and qwho scarcely ever did a lick of work in their lives, and yet were being fed from the public crib. Where are those boys today? Are they known in the Church? Are they prominent among the people of God? Are they or were they ever valiant in the testimony of the truth in their hearts? Are they diligent members of the Church? No, and never have been, as a rule, and most of them are dead or vanished out of sight.

Well, after I got a few years of experience, I was converted, I found that my mother was right and that William Thompson was wrong. He denied the faith, apostazed, left the country, and led away as many of his family as would go with him. I do not want you to deny me the privilege of being numbered with those who have the interest of Zion at heart, and who desire to contribute their proportion tothe upbuilding of Zion, and for the maintenance of the work of the Lord in the earth. It is a blessing that I enjoy, and I do not propose that anybody shall deprive me of that pleasure.
Author: Joseph F. Smith, Source: Gospel Doctrine, pp. 228-229.
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Without reservation I promise you that if each ...

Without reservation I promise you that if each of you will observe this simple program, regardless of how many times you previously may have read the Book of Mormon, there will come into your lives and into your homes an added measure of the Spirit of the Lord, a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to His commandments, and a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God.
Author: Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,2043-1-3156-1,00.htm...
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If you will remember who you are and act accord...

If you will remember who you are and act accordingly; if you will return with honor from every calling, task, and assignment; if you will be true to the Savior�s name and worthy of His eternal blessings, you will always have the light of the Holy Ghost to be with you, to lead you, to guide you, and to buoy you up. You will never want for what to say or how to act. It will be given you.

How you live, what you represent, how you treat your associates, and how you honor and revere your companion and your family will spread the influence of our Savior Jesus Christ. For there is no greater Christian service than to become like Him, heed the counsel of His Spirit, and do His will.
Author: Elder Robert D. Hales , Source: "Ten Axioms to Guide Your Life,� Liahona, Feb 2007, 34�39: ht...
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God is always trying to give good things to us,...

God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
Author: Saint Augustine, Source: As cited in Gerald C. May's Addiction & Grace, p. 17
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