Architect Quote by Heber J. Grant

“Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.”

Heber J. Grant

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In the quiet hours, in the heat of battle, and through the hazards of the day; in times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace…

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“Good acts grow upon a person. I have sometimes thought that many men, judging from their utter lack of kindness and of a disposition to aid others, imagined that if they were to say or do a kind thing, it would destroy their capacity to perform a kind act or say a kind word in the future. If you have…

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“We sing and have done so constantly, "We thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet to guide us in these latter days." [Hymns, no. 19.] There are a great many who . . . put a postscript to that and say: "Provided he guides us to suit our own fancies and our own whims." The prophets of God, from Joseph…

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“I have traveled six solid weeks at a time in different settlements and heard "We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet" sung in every one of them. And I have thought time and time again that there were any number of Latter-day Saints who ought to put a postscript on it and say, "We thank thee, O God, for…

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“Let us not forget the obligation which rests upon us to render allegiance and service to the Lord, and that acceptable service to Him…

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As a man grows and increases in the things of this world, if he is not careful, he will lose the Spirit of the…

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I know that Lorenzo Snow was God's mouthpiece upon the earth, that he was the representative of the Lord, and that he was, in…

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