The Miracle Of Forgiveness Quotes
"It is better to save a man than raise one from the dead." - Prophet Joseph Smith
"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin." (1 Cor. 15:55-56)
"The scriptures being the firm basis of law and happiness."
"To cure spiritual diseases... the Lord has given us a sure cure - repentance."
"Oh ... that mine adversary had written a book." (Job 31:35)
"O ... that I might go forth ... with a voice to shake the earth, and cry repentance unto every people." (Alma 29:1)
"For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God." (Alma 34:32)
"For behold, this is my work and my glory - to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." (Moses 1:39)
"I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung."
"All men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God, for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence." (Moses 6:57)
"No man can serve two masters... Ye cannot serve God and mammon." (Matt. 6:24)
"There cannot any unclean thing enter into the Kingdom of God..." (1 Ne. 15:34)
"The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none." - Carlyle
"These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren." (Proverbs 6:16-19)
"To know the law and not abide by it, is sin."
"The world may say that smoking and social drinking and tea and coffee are normal, but thanks be to the Lord that in this case, as in many others, the Church of the Lord has different 'norms.'"
"One should shun this habit as he would any deadly plague."
"The person baptized promises to keep all the laws and commandments of God."
"To hate God is the direct antithesis of the commandment, 'Thou shalt have no others gods before me.'"
"Ingratitude is a distressing sin which kindles the Lord's anger."
"Lack of mercy also is a weakness of serious proportions."
"Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallizes into habit and habit solidifies into circumstance."
"As the body requires the sunlight, good food, proper exercise, and rest, so the spirit of man requires the sunlight of the Holy Spirit."
"A human face I love to view And trace the passions of the soul."
"Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."
"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill. But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment."
"We would all be well advised to avoid the motivation to the evil thought. If persistently resisted it will 'get the message' and stay away."
"A famous artist said he would never allow himself to look at an inferior drawing or painting, to do anything low or demoralizing, lest familiarity with it should taint his own ideal and thus be communicated to his brush."
"Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God."
"Sow a thought, reap an act; Sow an act, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character; Sow a character, reap an eternal destiny."
"But whoso breaketh this covenant after he hath received it, and altogether turneth therefrom, shall not have forgiveness of sins in this world nor in the world to come."
"Without repentance there can be no forgiveness, and without forgiveness all the blessings of eternity hang in jeopardy."
"For behold, if ye have procrastinated the day of your repentance even until death, behold, ye have become subjected to the spirit of the devil, and he doth seal you his."
"There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death."
"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."
"Repentance is the key to forgiveness. It opens the door to happiness and peace and points the way to salvation in the kingdom of God."
"In abandoning sin one cannot merely wish for better conditions. He must make them."
"Victory in the fight to abandon sin depends on constant vigilance."
"The man who leans heavily upon his Lord becomes the master of self and can accomplish anything he sets out to do."
"The height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment."
"If one fears he cannot win, if he merely tries, he may fail."
"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."
"Serious sin enters into our lives as we yield first to little temptations."
"He who cannot learn by others' mistakes is stupid. He who cannot learn by his own errors is a fool."
"Every person who is beginning the long journey of emancipating himself from the thralldom of sin and evil will find comfort in the thought expressed by James."
"Perhaps those with wealth, convertibles and feigned vivacity suffer the greatest disadvantage in the real courting values."
"The automobile may be a blessing or a curse like water which can save a dying man or drown him."
"The girl who has wealth a luxurious car, and 'money to burn' may have difficulty in knowing how much of her popularity is due to the veneer and how much to her own personal charm and loveliness."
"Troubles, like photographs, are developed in the dark."
"The Lord's meaning was clear, that in the resurrected state there can be no question among the seven brothers as to whose wife for eternity the woman shall be."
"He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery."
"Forgiveness is the miraculous ingredient that assures harmony and love in the home or the ward."
"But the majority did not join the Church and, as indicated earlier, friction, frustration and divorce marked a great many of their marriages."
"The great Abraham Lincoln understood this principle better than most."
"A mark of true greatness is the forgiving heart."
"Sin creates inner conflict, causes loss of self-respect, saps moral strength."
"The land will be barren (perhaps radioactive or dry from drought)."
"You have offended the Church and its people as well as the Lord by having broken the law of chastity."
"The day of judgment will come to all, the righteous and the unrighteous."
"Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me."
"The Lord was speaking to Peter, who was the chief apostle, and it is the first apostle who holds all the keys of the priesthood."
"Sin is a terrible thing. The Lord does forgive, and he requires us to forgive, because he has said, 'I will forgive whom I will, but of you it is required to forgive all men.'"
"The bishop, and others in comparable positions, can forgive in the sense of waiving the penalties."
"Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more."
"The essence of the miracle of forgiveness is that it brings peace to the previously anxious, restless, frustrated, perhaps tormented soul."
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
"The Lord may temper justice with mercy, but he will never supplant it."