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D. Todd Christofferson

" Everyone has gifts; everyone can contribute. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Gifts

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" True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to our highest destiny. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Purpose , Destiny , Choices

" Whatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Joy , Repentance

" Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God. A consecrated life is filled with work, sometimes repetitive, sometimes menial, sometimes unappreciated but always work that improves, orders, sustains, lifts, ministers, aspires. "

D. Todd Christofferson

worth , Order , Character , Self

" Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Man , Essentials , Important , Good

" We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter where we are in the path of obedience. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Spiritual , needs

" The greatest service we can provide to others in this life, beginning with those of our own family, is to bring them to Christ. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Life , Christ

" There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement would be impossibly expensive and burdensome. This approach leads to diminished freedom for everyone...In the end, it is only an internal moral compass in each individual that can effectively deal with the root causes as well as the symptoms of societal decay. Societies will struggle in vain to establish the common good until sin is denounced as sin and moral discipline takes its place in the pantheon of civic virtues. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Struggle , Roots , Discipline

" Freedom comes not from resisting truth, but from applying it. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Spiritual

" Everyone has gifts; everyone can contribute. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Gifts

" Keep going and the Lord will help you. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Spiritual , Helping , Inspirational

" Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal justice system are the last desperate line of defense for a civilized society. Our increased reliance on laws to regulate behavior is a measure of how uncivilized we’ve become. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Justice , Law , Mean

" The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ. "

D. Todd Christofferson

Father , Son , Jesus

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