D. Todd Christofferson Quotes

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• As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on…
• We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their compassion,…
• Keep going and the Lord will help you.
• Of all your associations, it is your relationship with God, your Heavenly Father, who is the source of your moral power.
• A God who makes no demands, is the functional equivalent of a God who does not exist.
• Freedom comes not from resisting truth, but from applying it.
• We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour…
• When we have entered into divine covenants, the Holy Ghost is our comforter, our guide, and our companion. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are…
• With faith in the merciful Redeemer and His power, potential despair turns to hope. One's very heart and desires change, and the once-appealing sin becomes…
• Whatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness.
• Without repentance, there is no real progress or improvement in life. Pretending there is no sin does not lessen its burden and pain. Suffering for…
• Good men sometimes make mistakes. A man of integrity will honestly face and correct his mistakes, and that is an example we can respect. Sometimes…
• Integrity is fundamental to being men. Integrity means being truthful, but it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants.
• Repentance is a divine gift, and there should be a smile on our faces when we speak of it. It points us to freedom, confidence,…
• Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression.
• Only through repentance do we gain access to the atoning grace of Jesus Christ.
• We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more [Christlike], that we do not become discouraged and lose hope. Becoming Christlike is…
• A woman’s moral influence is nowhere more powerfully felt or more beneficially employed than in the home. There is no better setting for rearing the…
• Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal justice…
• Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and…

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