Priesthood Quotes

It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It is possible when there is great faith and love and the absence of contention.

The Lord will give His righteous servants opportunities to be bold as lions when they speak in His name and as witnesses in His priesthood.

Procreative power & priesthood power are shared by husband & wife

Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.

Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.

How much filth there is in the church, even among those who, in the priesthood, should belong entirely to Him. How much pride, how much self-sufficiency.

I think Jewish history did away with a priesthood when the Temple was destroyed, and it became, supposedly, a religion of scholars. A rabbi is just a scholar.

I've often admired the way many Catholics who have left the priesthood, for example, have nevertheless remained sincere Catholics. They voted with their feet.

I had abandoned my plans for priesthood and replaced them with dreams of being a musician.

Literary men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

The inhabitants of Canada appeared to be suffering between two fires,--the soldiery and the priesthood.

The judge speaks in the name of justice, ' he said. 'The priest speaks in the name of pity, which is only a higher form of justice.' (Bishop Myriel)

The Glory was entrusted to you, you weren't given permission to pass it on as you see fit.

If he had given away anything else, he would have been charged with indecent exposure.

We pay a heavy, very heavy price for the superhuman dignity of our calling. The ridiculous is always so near to the sublime. And the world, usually so indulgent to foibles, hates ours instinctively.

O miracle—thus to be able to give [peace] we ourselves do not possess, sweet miracle of our empty hands!

Lord, my hands were made for blessing, but not my feet!

Science is most definitely not a priesthood where people stand on a mountain and pass truths down to the waiting minions below.