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Browsing Quotes By Dallin H. Oaks

  • It is not even enough for us to be convinced of the gospel; we must act and think so that we are converted by it. Now is the time for each of us to work toward our personal conversion, toward becoming what our Heavenly Father desires us to become.

    Speaker: Dallin H. Oaks
    Source: The Challenge to Become, Ensign, November 2000
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    Posted: 25 Aug 2010 at 10:01 AM
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    Tags: becoming
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  • The Master’s reward in the Final Judgment will not be based on how long we have labored in the vineyard. We do not obtain our heavenly reward by punching a time clock. What is essential is that our labors in the workplace of the Lord have caused us to become something. For some of us, this requires a longer time than for others. What is important in the end is what we have become by our labors. Many who come in the eleventh hour have been refined and prepared by the Lord in ways other than formal employment in the vineyard. These workers are like the prepared dry mix to which it is only necessary to “add water”—the perfecting ordinance of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost. With that addition—even in the eleventh hour—these workers are in the same state of development and qualified to receive the same reward as those who have labored long in the vineyard.

    Speaker: Dallin H. Oaks
    Source: The Challenge to Become, Ensign, 2000, November
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    Posted: 25 Aug 2010 at 9:36 AM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
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  • What if the day of His coming were tomorrow? If we knew that we would meet the Lord tomorrow – through our premature death or through His unexpected coming – what would we do today? What confessions would we make? What practices would we discontinue? What accounts would we settle? What forgiveness would we extend? What testimonies would we bear?
    If we would do those things then, why not now? Why not seek peace while peace can be obtained?

    Speaker: Dallin H. Oaks
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    Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:29 AM
    Posted By: Puck
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    Tags: action, forgiveness, obedience, perspective, religious, repentance

  • The Liahona was given to guide Lehi and his children, but it came after years in the desert, not when they were still in Jerusalem.

    Speaker: Dallin H. Oaks
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    Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:19 AM
    Posted By: Puck
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    Tags: action, prayer, religious
    Shared By: 3 members; oursojeri, winswmlik, Puck

  • I don’t do anything for fun, I just have fun at what I do. Time is a stewardship and my goal is simply not to waste any.

    Speaker: Dallin H. Oaks
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    Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:19 AM
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    Tags: goals, laziness, religious, time
    Shared By: 2 members; sdressfancy, Puck