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“True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.”

David O. McKay

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But there is a beauty every girl has—a gift from God, as pure as the sunlight, and as sacred as life. It is a beauty that all men love, a virtue that wins all men's souls. That beauty is chastity. Chastity without skin beauty may enkindle the soul; skin beauty without chastity can kindle only the eye. Chastity enshrined in…

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

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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 but God…

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The most powerful thing in the world is an idea.

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

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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 lives.

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The basis of all sin is selfishness.

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