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# Sharon G. Larsen

(1939)

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American Mormon leader... \| Sharon Greene Larsen served as the second counselor to Margaret D. Nadauld in the General Presidency of the Young Women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1997 to 2002.

## Quick Facts About Sharon G. Larsen

Born February 6, 1939

##  Quotes by Sharon G. Larsen

> [Agency is the power to think, choose, and act for ourselves. It comes with endless opportunities, accompanied by responsibility and consequences. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-g-larsen/agency-is-the-power-to-think-choose-and-act-for-ourselves-it-comes/)

[Sharon G. Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-g-larsen/)

[Agency](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agency/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/sharon-g-larsen-66757_agency_agency-is-the-power-to-think-choose-and_193978.jpg)

> [Our Father in Heaven needs you to be who you are. ... You are very important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-g-larsen/our-father-in-heaven-needs-you-to-be-who-you-are-you-are-very/)

[Sharon G. Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-g-larsen/)

[Be who you are](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-who-you-are/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/sharon-g-larsen-66757_be-who-you-are_our-father-in-heaven-needs-you-to-be-who_367549.jpg)

> [You don't have the power to make rainbows or waterfalls, sunsets or roses, but you do have the power to bless people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-g-larsen/you-don-t-have-the-power-to-make-rainbows-or-waterfalls-sunsets-or/)

[Sharon G. Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-g-larsen/)

[Betterment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betterment/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/sharon-g-larsen-66757_betterment_you-don-t-have-the-power-to-make-rainbow_1836228.jpg)

> [Love is listening when they are ready to talk--midnight, 6:00 A.M. on their way to seminary, or when you're busy with your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-g-larsen/love-is-listening-when-they-are-ready-to-talk-midnight-6-00-a-m-on/)

[Sharon G. Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-g-larsen/)

[Busy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busy/)

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