Quoty: quotes tagged with 'dedication'

Doing what's right is hard, and speaking the tr...

Doing what's right is hard, and speaking the truth is dangerous. Many have been abhorred for it, some killed, one crucified.

Author: Andrew Klavan, Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121694247343482821.html?mod=op...
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When I listen to people say they have something...

When I listen to people say they have something more important to do, I wonder what it could possibly be. What could be more important than keeping a commitment we have made with the Lord?

As I travel the Church I often ask stake presidents what their concerns are and what they perceive to be their greatest need. Frequently the reply is, �We have wonderful people. Some of them just need to be more committed and more dedicated. They need to be more anxiously engaged in the work.�
Author: F. Burton Howard, Source: Commitment,� Ensign, May 1996, 27. http://library.lds.org/nxt/...
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Just eight weeks ago I was holding a mission di...

Just eight weeks ago I was holding a mission district conference on the island of Chiloe, an interior location in the south of Chile that gets few visitors. Imagine the responsibility I felt in addressing these beautiful people when it was pointed out to me that a very elderly man seated near the front of the chapel had set out on foot at five o�clock that morning, walking for four hours to be in his seat by nine o�clock, for a meeting that was not scheduled to begin until eleven o�clock. He said he wanted to get a good seat. I looked into his eyes, thought of times in my life when I had been either too casual or too late, and thought of Jesus� phrase, �I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.�
Author: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Source: Abide in Me,� Liahona, May 2004, 30�32. http://www.lds.org/lds...
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Let me say something of the marvelous members o...

Let me say something of the marvelous members of the Church themselves. In the reorganization of a rather far-flung stake recently, I felt the Lord�s prompting to call a man to the stake presidency who, I had been told, owned a bicycle but no automobile. Many leaders across the Church don�t have cars, but I was nevertheless worried about what that might mean for this man in this particular stake. In my terminally-ill Spanish I pursued the interview, then said, �Hermano, �no tiene un auto?� With a smile and not a second�s hesitation he replied, �No tengo un auto; pero yo tengo pies, yo tengo fe.� (�I do not have a car, but I do have feet and I do have faith.�) He then said he could ride the bus, ride his bicycle, or walk, �como los misioneros,� he smiled��like the missionaries.� And so he does.
Author: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Source: Abide in Me,� Liahona, May 2004, 30�32. http://www.lds.org/lds...
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I wish you could meet the marvelous young man w...

I wish you could meet the marvelous young man who came to us from Bolivia, arriving with no matching clothing and shoes three sizes too large for him. He was a little older because he was the sole breadwinner in his home and it had taken some time to earn money for his mission. He raised chickens and sold the eggs door-to-door. Then, just as his call finally came, his widowed mother faced an emergency appendectomy. Our young friend gave every cent of the money he had earned for his mission to pay for his mother�s surgery and postoperative care, then quietly rounded up what used clothing he could from friends and arrived at the MTC in Santiago on schedule. I can assure you that his clothes now match, his shoes now fit, and both he and his mother are safe and sound, temporally as well as spiritually.
Author: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Source: Abide in Me,� Liahona, May 2004, 30�32. http://www.lds.org/lds...
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The person who makes a success of living is the...

The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Author: Cecil B. DeMille, Source: unknown
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What are we doing to keep the light shining in ...

What are we doing to keep the light shining in our own eyes and countenances? Much of that light comes from our discipline, dedication, and consecration to some important absolutes. The foremost of these absolutes is that there is a God who is the Father of our souls to whom we account for our actions. Second, that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. Third, that the great plan of happiness requires obedience to God's commandments. Fourth, that the greatest gift of God is eternal life.
Author: James E Faust, Source: The Light in Their Eyes, General Conference Oct 2005
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Edison was once asked how he accomplished so mu...

Edison was once asked how he accomplished so much. He said, 'It is deceptively simple. You and I have eighteen hours in a day in which we do something. You spend that eighteen hours doing a number of unrelated things. I spend it doing just one thing, and some of my work is bound to amount to something.
Author: Sterling W. Sill, Source: The Missionary's Little Quote Book by Dale Jeffrey
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