To achieve our eternal destiny, we will desire and work for the qualities required to become an eternal being. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
When I was 66, my wife June died of cancer. Two years later--a year and a half ago--I married Kristen McMain, the… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Intellectual methods-study and reason-are essential to our progress toward eternal life, but they are not sufficient. They can prepare the way. They… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
We are all preparing for things to come. That is the purpose of mortal life. ... We are all children of a… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
And so we understand that the atonement of Jesus Christ gives us the opportunity to overcome spiritual death that results from sin,… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
As children of God, knowing of His great love and His ultimate knowledge of what is best for our eternal welfare, we… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
My first fundamental premise of our faith is that God is real and so are eternal truths and values not provable by… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
There is no fullness of joy in the next life without a family unit, including a husband, a wife, and posterity. Further,… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. In addition, it is our… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Our attitude toward abortion . . . is fixed by our knowledge that according to an eternal plan all of the spirit… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
I do not accept the fact that conditions that prevent people from attaining their eternal destiny were born into them without any… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
We urge persons with same-gender attractions to control those and to refrain from acting upon them, which is a sin, just as… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Motive is also important in our quest for knowledge and in the questioning that accompanies it. In commenting on our duty to… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Hardships can deprive mortals of the power to ACT. But at the same time, hardships can be the means of eternal growth… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Our attitude determines how we evaluate our life's experiences. They determine how we evaluate ourselves. They also govern how we look at… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Intellectual methods-study and reason-are essential to our progress toward eternal life, but they are not sufficient. They can prepare the way. They can get… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Persons who have cleansed themselves of any transgression and who have shown their ability to deal with homosexual inclinations and put them in the… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
“Feeling the Lord magnify me professionally as I sought to serve him solidified my commitment to serve the Lord first. In doing so I… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Priesthood power blesses all of us. Priesthood keys direct women as well as men, and priesthood ordinances and priesthood authority pertain to women as… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
As children of God, knowing of His great love and His ultimate knowledge of what is best for our eternal welfare, we trust in… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
The consumption of alcohol is increasing among youth. Targeting young audiences, advertisers portray beer and wine as joyful, socially desirable, and harmless. Producers are… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
When all other hope is gone, our Father in Heaven provides the Lamb of God, and we are saved by his sacrifice. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Loving-kindness is required, but a follower of Christ-just like the Master-will be firm in the truth. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
