David O. McKay Quotes

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• One time or another we all face adversity's chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another…
• Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but…
• Motherhood is the one thing in all the world which most truly exemplifies the God-given virtues of creating and sacrificing. Though it carries the woman…
• Do your duty that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.
• The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can change human lives.
• True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also honest men and…
• True happiness comes only by making others happy—the practical application of the Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain it. In short, the Christmas…
• What you think about when you don't think, shows who you really are.
• Out of the homes of America will come the future citizens of America, and only as those homes are what they should be will this…
• It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home
• The first condition of happiness is a clear conscience.
• No greater responsibility can rest upon a man, than to be a teacher of God's children
• The best means of preaching the gospel is by personal contact.
• I repeat that no greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the Church, upon all citizens of this republic and of neighboring republics than to…
• Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.
• Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.
• As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.
• An Unsatisfied Appetite for Knowledge Means Progress and Is the State of a Normal Mind
• Man's greatest happiness comes from losing himself for the good of others.
• If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives!

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