--- title: "4 Alvin R. Dyer Quotes - Famous Missionary" description: "Apostle and member of the First Presidency of the LDS Church.... | Alvin Rulon Dyer was an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints an..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b066/author-alvin-r-dyer-72265.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alvin R. Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b066/author-alvin-r-dyer-72265.jpg) # Alvin R. Dyer (1903–1977) Missionary **4** quotes in **74** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alvin R. Dyer was a missionary. ## Quick Facts About Alvin R. Dyer Born January 1, 1903 Died March 6, 1977 Profession Missionary ## About Alvin R. Dyer Apostle and member of the First Presidency of the LDS Church.... \| Alvin Rulon Dyer was an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a member of the church's First Presidency from 1968 to 1970. ## Quotes by Alvin R. Dyer > [What I believe...about more sleep than is needful concerns the individual who goes far beyond the need, developing slothful and lazy habits,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/what-i-believe-about-more-sleep-than-is-needful-concerns-the/) [Alvin R. Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-r-dyer/) [Accomplishment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplishment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/alvin-r-dyer-72265_accomplishment_what-i-believe-about-more-sleep-than-is_1081467.png) > [The true destiny of America is religious, not political: it is spiritual, not physical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/the-true-destiny-of-america-is-religious-not-political-it-is/) [Alvin R. Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-r-dyer/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/alvin-r-dyer-72265_america_the-true-destiny-of-america-is-religious_1888688.png) > [I have come to know that adversity really means the things in life that challenge us and cause us to work with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/i-have-come-to-know-that-adversity-really-means-the-things-in-life/) [Alvin R. Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-r-dyer/) [Adversity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adversity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/alvin-r-dyer-72265_adversity_i-have-come-to-know-that-adversity-reall_2418462.jpg) > [A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life. . . . he has learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/a-self-made-man-if-he-is-made-at-all-has-already-won-the-battle-of/) [Alvin R. Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-r-dyer/) [Already won](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/already-won/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/alvin-r-dyer-72265_already-won_a-self-made-man-if-he-is-made-at-all-has_3022596.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-r-dyer/#itemlist", "name": "Alvin R. Dyer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I believe...about more sleep than is needful concerns the individual who goes far beyond the need, developing slothful and lazy habits, which deaden the senses and become a retarder of accomplishment. To overcome these things in life requires discipline and restraint.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alvin R. 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