General quotes
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.
My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones.
Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation.
Testimony is the beginning of and a prerequisite to continuing conversion. Testimony is a point of departure; it is not an ultimate destination. Strong testimony is the foundation upon which conversion is established. Testimony alone is not and will not be enough to protect us in the latter-day storm of darkness and evil in which we are living.
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?
We are not living in a world where all roads are radii of a circle and where all, if followed long enough, will therefore draw gradually nearer and finally meet at the centre: rather in a world where every road, after a few miles, forks into two, and each of those into two again, and at each fork, you must make a decision.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.
For my part, I desire to see the time when education — and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry — shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.
Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.
One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down'.
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent.
I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.
I dive as much as I can.
Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.
In terms of immigration, we're seeing a lot of Democrats and Republicans use the really elastic term, 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform', and they don't totally understand what that means. For us in El Paso, it's part of a larger discussion about the nature of the border.
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