Dallin H. Oaks Quotes

Priesthood power blesses all of us. Priesthood keys direct women as well as men, and priesthood ordinances and priesthood authority pertain to women as well as men.

When all other hope is gone, our Father in Heaven provides the Lamb of God, and we are saved by his sacrifice.

We should remember that none of us is perfect and none of us has children whose behavior is entirely in accord with exactly what we would have them do in all circumstances.

I encourage you to seek the help of the Savior to resist temptation and to refrain from behavior that would cause you to have to repent or to have your Church membership called into question.

Through the lens of spirituality, we see all the commandments of God as invitations to blessings.

The most powerful teaching of children is by the example of their parents.

Plan specifically so you can implement flexibly.

We must seek to be firmly rooted and converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our Savior gave Himself in unselfish service. He taught that each of us should follow Him by denying ourselves of selfish interests in order to serve others.

Though we disagree, we should not be disagreeable.

The most effective missionsries always act out of love

Don't be dumb. (don't get a tattoo)

When I was 66, my wife June died of cancer. Two years later--a year and a half ago--I married Kristen McMain, the eternal companion who now stands at my side.

If you wish to marry well, inquire well.

The nature and extent of profanity and vulgarity in our society is a measure of its deterioration.

When we undertake to cover our sins, . . . behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man

I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time.

Given love and opportunity, every child and adult can recover. All who know this and have the capacity to help others should assist as they can.

Become what our Heavenly Father desires you to become.

My experiences taught me firsthand that when a person is not performing well, there are many possible reasons, some not of his own choosing.

We have the agency to choose which characteristics will define us; those choices are not thrust upon us.

The intensity of our desire to share the gospel is a great indicator of the extent of our personal conversion.

What does it mean to be true to the faith? That word true implies commitment, integrity, endurance, and courage.

Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like Paul and Peter and James and John.

The Parliament in Canada and the Congress in Washington do not have the authority to revoke the commandments of God, or to modify or amend them in any way.

The healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ-whether it removes our burdens or strengthens us to endure and live with them like the Apostle Paul-is available for every affliction in mortality.

We must change all elements of our behavior that are in conflict with gospel... covenants.

Most angelic communications are felt or heard rather than seen.

Alcohol is the number one addictive drug in our day.

In the acquisition of Sacred knowledge, scholarship and reason are not alternatives to revelation. They are a means to an end, and the end is revelation from God.

Pray that you will have good and correct attitudes about all your experiences - be they good or bad.

We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it.

There is not a right and a wrong answer to every question.

It is not enough that we are under call or even that we are going in the right direction. The timing must be right.

Materialism, which gives priority to material needs and objects, is obviously the opposite of spirituality

President Lorenzo Snow declared that it is "the grand privilege of every Latter-day Saint . . . to have the manifestations of the spirit every day of our lives."

The ultimate treasures on earth and in heaven are our children and our posterity.

In order to ask with real intent or to act with full purpose of heart, we must always make an accompanying commitment.

The possession of wealth is not a mark of Heavenly favor and their absence is not evidence of Heavenly disfavor.

The greatest power God has given to His sons cannot be exercised without the companionship of one of His daughters.

I just didn’t spend enough time with my job.

Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules.

Service is an imperative for those who worship Jesus Christ and a covenant obligation of those who belong to his Church.

If you are trying to live with and maintain ascendancy over same-gender attractions, the best way to do that is to have groups that define their members in terms other than same-gender attractions.

Everyone has some challenges they have to struggle with.

The coup de grace which ends the patient's life altogether is quite equivalent to the drastic modification in the institution of marriage that would be brought on by same-gender marriage.

If people want to legalize a particular relationship, we need to be careful if that kind of relationship has been disapproved for millennia.

Law has at least two roles: one is to define and regulate the limits of acceptable behavior. The other is to teach principles for individuals to make individual choices.

Feelings can be controlled and behavior can be controlled. The line of sin is between the feelings and the behavior. The line of prudence is between the susceptibility and the feelings.

We need to lay hold on the feelings and try to control them to keep us from getting into a circumstance that leads to sinful behavior.