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David O. McKay

(1873–1970) Prophet

188 quotes in 926 categories

David O. McKay was a prophet, best known for What e'er thou art act well thy part: The Missionary Diaries of David O. McKay.

Quick Facts About David O. McKay

Born: September 8, 1873
Died: January 18, 1970
Profession: Prophet
Notable works: What e'er thou art act well thy part: The Missionary Diaries of David O. McKay

About David O. McKay

David Oman McKay was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death in 1970. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was an active general authority for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church history.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by David O. McKay

But there is a beauty every girl has—a gift from God, as pure as the sunlight, and as sacred as life. It…

Beauty

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Free agency is a gift of God....The world does not comprehend the significance of that divine gift to the individual. It is…

Agency

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The latest I like to be to meeting is 15 minutes early

Inspirational

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Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if…

Adversity

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No parent can consistently teach faith in Christ who profanes the name of Deity. Profanity is never heard in the well-ordered home.…

Breeding

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[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God.

Constitution

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“No thing worth while is obtained in this life without sacrificing, without putting forth effort. The evil one thrusts things upon us…

Life

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There are seeds of happiness in every soul. Our mental attitude and dispositions constitute the environment in which these seeds germinate. There…

Attitude

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The most powerful thing in the world is an idea.

Enchanted

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He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.

Anger

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can change human…

Bad man

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The basis of all sin is selfishness.

Bases

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“When you are tempted to stay away from that seventies' meeting, from that elder's meeting, from that deacons' quorum and you shrink…

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And what is true education? It is awakening a love for truth; giving a just sense of duty; opening the eyes of…

Action

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Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for…

Choices

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The united, well-ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States.

America

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Well,’ you may ask, ‘how may I know when I am in love?’ . . . George Q. Morris [who later became…

Achieve

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As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

Agency

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Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the…

Christ

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What you think about when you don't have to think, shows what you really are.

About

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If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives!

Glimpse

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“Is it the body you are going to serve and be a slave to or is it the spirit you are going…

Life

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A girl who sacrifices self-respect for social popularity debases true womanhood. A spotless character, founded upon the ability to say "no" in…

Ability

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Slander is poison to the soul.

Gossip

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[Liberty] is freedom of choice, a divine gift, an essential virtue in a peaceful society.

Character

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David O. McKay by topic

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