James E. Faust Quotes

There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.

If you take each challenge one step at a time, with faith in every footstep, your strength and understanding will increase.

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity.

There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus they bless.

One of the main problems in families today is that we spend less and less time together.... Time together is precious time-time needed to talk, to listen, to encourage, and to show how to do things.

Your criticism may be worse than the conduct you are trying to correct.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

Faith is the power, obedience is the price, love is the motive, the Spirit is the key and Christ is the reason.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities.

We perhaps need to snatch happiness in little pieces, learning to recognize the elements of happiness and then treasuring them while they last.

I urge all who have not yet received these greatest of all blessings within the walls of the temple to do whatever may be necessary to qualify to receive them.

We learn about tithing by paying it.

There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood.

Making a wrong choice early may limit making the right choice later.

If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.

The only way to acquire spiritual knowledge and keep It burning brightly is to be humble, prayerful, and to strive diligently to keep all of the commandments.

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility.

You cannot become great women if you are not also good women. Great women respond generously to their instincts to do good.

Almost every day brings opportunities to perform unselfish acts for others. Such acts are unlimited and can be as simple as a kind word, a helping hand, or a gracious smile.

The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us

May we all be faithful in doing the day-to-day, ordinary things that prove our worthiness, for they will lead us to and qualify us for great things.

Our natural gifts and abilities are limited, but when augmented by inspiration and guidance of the Holy Ghost, our potential increases many fold.

In addition to temples, surely another holy place on earth ought to be our homes. The feelings of holiness in my home prepared me for feelings of holiness in the temple.

A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.

This Christmas and every Christmas will be richer by sharing and enjoying gifts that cannot be held but only felt.

You cannot convert people beyond your own conversion.

Noble fatherhood gives us a glimpse of the divine attributes of our Father in Heaven.

The Holy Ghost is the greatest guarantor of inward peace in our unstable world.

Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.

Meetings don't have to be endless to be eternal.

Every father and mother are the family's store keepers. They should store whatever their family would like to have in case of an emergency...(and) God will sustain us through our trials.

President Hinckley's strong, continuing challenge to us is retention, which requires full cooperation between the missionary, the leaders and members.

I acknowledge with great gratitude the peace and contentment we can find for ourselves in the spiritual cocoons of our homes, our sacrament meetings, and our holy temples.

Believing requires action.

Listen to your parents. Be obedient to them whether you agree with them or not. They love you more than anyone else and have your best interests at heart.

Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don’t give up even when others say, It can’t be done.

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.

We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.

Adversity is the refiner's fire that bends iron but tempers steel.

I urge the husbands and fathers of this church to be the kind of a man your wife would not want to be without.

Look at everything through the lens of eternity. If you will do this, life will take on a different perspective.

Obedience is the path to freedom.

Family home evening is for everyone.... We need the strength that comes from family home evening.

True disciples are those who go beyond simply believing. They act out their belief.

Most of us cannot afford to store a year's supply of luxury items, but find it more practical to store staples that might keep us from starving in case of emergency.

Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. . . . Peace comes through hope.

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.

Those who enter into marriage, must be fully prepared to establish their marriage, as the first priority in their lives.

As children of the Lord we should strive every day to rise to a higher level of personal righteousness in all of our actions.