--- title: "4 O. Leslie Stone Quotes" description: "Oscar Leslie Stone was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1972 until his death. He was the president of the chu..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b062/author-o-leslie-stone-66061.jpg" --- ![Portrait of O. Leslie Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b062/author-o-leslie-stone-66061.jpg) # O. Leslie Stone (1903–1986) **4** quotes in **68** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Oscar Leslie Stone was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1972 until his death. He was the president of the church's Salt Lake Temple from 1968 to 1972. ## Quick Facts About O. Leslie Stone Born May 28, 1903 Died April 26, 1986 ## Quotes by O. Leslie Stone > [Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-leslie-stone/time-is-one-of-our-most-valuable-possessions-use-it-wisely-remind/) [O. Leslie Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-leslie-stone/) [Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/o-leslie-stone-66061_compassion_time-is-one-of-our-most-valuable-possess_411676.png) > [We cannot have faith without belief, but we can believe without having faith. Belief is the foundation of faith. Faith is trusting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-leslie-stone/we-cannot-have-faith-without-belief-but-we-can-believe-without-having/) [O. Leslie Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-leslie-stone/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/o-leslie-stone-66061_action_we-cannot-have-faith-without-belief-but_979788.png) > [Many of our problems are blessings in disguise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-leslie-stone/many-of-our-problems-are-blessings-in-disguise/) [O. Leslie Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-leslie-stone/) [Adversity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adversity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/o-leslie-stone-66061_adversity_many-of-our-problems-are-blessings-in-di_1394586.png) > [The constant exercise of our faith by lofty thinking, prayer, devotion, and acts of righteousness is just as essential to spiritual health…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-leslie-stone/the-constant-exercise-of-our-faith-by-lofty-thinking-prayer-devotion/) [O. Leslie Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-leslie-stone/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/o-leslie-stone-66061_body_the-constant-exercise-of-our-faith-by-lo_2839761.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-leslie-stone/#itemlist", "name": "O. Leslie Stone Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be left to the mercy of things that matter the least.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "O. 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