Quoty: quotes tagged with 'will'

Energy is always required to provide lift over ...

Energy is always required to provide lift over opposing forces. These same laws apply in our personal lives. Whenever an undertaking is begun, both the energy and the will to endure are essential. The winner of a five-kilometer race is declared at the end of�five�kilometers, not at one or two. If you board a bus to Boston, you don�t get off at Burlington. If you want to gain an education, you don�t drop out along the way�just as you don�t pay to dine at an elegant restaurant only to walk away after sampling the salad.

Whatever your work may be, endure at the beginning, endure through opposing forces along the way, and endure to the end. Any job must be completed before you can enjoy the result for which you are working.

Author: Elder Russell M. Nelson, Source: http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1997.h...
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We can have His Spirit by keeping that covenant...

We can have His Spirit by keeping that covenant. First, we promise to take His name upon us. That means we must see ourselves as His. We will put Him first in our lives. We will want what He wants rather than what we want or what the world teaches us to want. As long as we love the things of the world first, there will be no peace in us. Holding an ideal for a family or a nation of comfort through material goods will, at last, divide them.�The ideal of doing for each other what the Lord would have us do, which follows naturally from taking His name upon us, can take us to a spiritual level which is a touch of heaven on earth.

Author: President Henry B. Eyring, Source: http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010Vg...
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The object of our prayers should not be to pres...

The object of our prayers should not be to present a wish list or a series of requests but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is eager to bestow, according to His will and timing. Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect or come to us when we want or in the way we anticipate.
Author: Elder David A. Bednar , Source: http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-851-31,00.h...
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Discerning and accepting the will of God in our...

Discerning and accepting the will of God in our lives are fundamental elements of asking in faith in meaningful prayer. However, simply saying the words �Thy will be done� is not enough. Each of us needs God�s help in surrendering our will to Him.
�Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other� (Bible Dictionary, �Prayer,� 752�53). Humble, earnest, and persistent prayer enables us to recognize and align ourselves with the will of our Heavenly Father. And in this the Savior provided the perfect example as He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, �saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. . . . And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly� (Luke 22:42, 44).
Author: Elder David A. Bednar , Source: http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-851-31,00.h...
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I am going to preach a hard doctrine to you now...

I am going to preach a hard doctrine to you now. The submission of one�s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God�s altar. It is a hard doctrine, but it is true. The many other things we give to God, however nice that may be of us, are actually things He has already given us, and He has loaned them to us. But when we begin to submit ourselves by letting our wills be swallowed up in God�s will, then we are really giving something to Him. And that hard doctrine lies at the center of discipleship. There is a part of us that is ultimately sovereign, the mind and heart, where we really do decide which way to go and what to do. And when we submit to His will, then we�ve really given Him the one final thing He asks of us. And the other things are not very, very important. It is the only possession we have that we can give, and there is no lessening of our agency as a result. Instead, what we see is a flowering of our talents and more and more surges of joy. Submission to Him is the only form of submission that is completely safe.
Author: Neal A. Maxwell, Source: http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db0...
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How can we measure our progress? The scriptures...

How can we measure our progress? The scriptures suggest various ways. I will mention only two.

After King Benjamin�s great sermon, many of his hearers cried out that the Spirit of the Lord �has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually� (Mosiah 5:2). If we are losing our desire to do evil, we are progressing toward our heavenly goal.

The Apostle Paul said that persons who have received the Spirit of God �have the mind of Christ� (1 Cor. 2:16). I understand this to mean that persons who are proceeding toward the needed conversion are beginning to see things as our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, see them. They are hearing His voice instead of the voice of the world, and they are doing things in His way instead of by the ways of the world.
Author: Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Source: �The Challenge to Become,� Ensign, Nov 2000, 32�34. http://www...
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A key to improved prayer is to learn to ask the...

A key to improved prayer is to learn to ask the right questions. Consider changing from asking for the things you want to honestly seeking what He wants for you. Then as you learn His will, pray that you will be led to have the strength to fulfill it.
Author: Elder Richard G. Scott , Source: Using the Supernal Gift of Prayer. April 2007 Conference: http...
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In word and deed he doth require My will to his...

In word and deed he doth require
My will to his, like son to sire,
Be made to bend, and I, as son,
Learn conduct from the Holy One.
Author: Text: Edward P. Kimball, 1882�1937, Music: Alexander Schreiner, 1901�1987, Source: God Loved Us, So He Sent His Son - #187 : 4th Verse. http://ww...
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In any struggle, it is essential to know what y...

In any struggle, it is essential to know what you are fighting for and what you are fighting against. If knowledge of the former is lacking, the will to win will be absent. If knowledge of the latter is absent, confusion and uncertainty will result.
Author: J. Edgar Hoover, Source: Unknown
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Man must cease attributing his problems to his ...

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will -- his personal responsibility.
Author: Albert Schweitzer, Source: Unknown
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There are two kinds of people: those who say to...

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
Author: C.S. Lewis, Source: Unknown
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. ...

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Author: Mahatma Gandhi, Source: Unknown
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Quality is never an accident. It is always the ...

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. There must be the will to produce a superior thing.
Author: John Ruskin, Source: Unknown
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The difference between a successful person and ...

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Author: Vincent T. Lombardi, Source: Unknown
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The difference between those who are committed ...

The difference between those who are committed and those who are not is the difference between the words want and will.
Author: Marvin J. Ashton, Source: Ensign, November 1983
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