Russell M. Nelson Quotes

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Russell M. Nelson

Profession : Clergyman

Birth : September 9, 1924

Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.

Russell M. Nelson

The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.

Russell M. Nelson

Marriage and family are ordained of God. The family is the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Under God's great plan of happiness, families can be sealed in temples and be prepared to return to dwell in His holy presence forever. That is eternal life!

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The Sabbath provides a wonderful opportunity to strengthen family ties.

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When we speak of faith - the faith that can move mountains - we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

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Our inquiring friends and neighbors not of our faith can also catch the wave. We encourage them to keep all that is good and true in their lives. And we invite them to receive more, especially the glorious truth that through God's eternal plan, families can be together forever.

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As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.

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One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.

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We need women who are devoted to shepherding God's children along the covenant path toward exaltation; women who know how to receive personal revelation, who understand the power and peace of the temple endowment; women who know how to call upon the powers of heaven to protect and strengthen children and families; women who teach fearlessly.

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We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

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Each daughter of God is of infinite worth because of her divine mission.

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Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

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Even more amazing than modern technology is our opportunity to access information directly from Heaven, without hardware, software, or monthly service fees.

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From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God.

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As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.

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You are never too young to learn, never too old to change.

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My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.

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Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.

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No, we don't own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.

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