David O. McKay

“What you sincerely in your heart think of Christ will determine what you are, will largely determine what your acts will be. No person can study this divine personality, can accept his teachings without becoming conscious of an uplifting and refining influence within himself. In fact, every individual may experience the operation of the most potent force that can affect humanity.”

David O. McKay  |  Cherished Experiences from the Writings of President David O. McKay p. 24

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Some of us look forward to a time in the future—salvation and exaltation in the world to come—but today is part of eternity.

David O. McKay  |  Pathways to Happiness, comp. Llewelyn R. McKay (1957), 291–92.

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“Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God’s greatest gift to man. . . . Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. It is inherent in the spirit of man. It is a divine gift to every normal being. . . . Everyone has this most precious of all life’s endowments – the gift of free agency – man’s inherited and inalienable right.”

David O. McKay  |  Improvement Era, Feb. 1962, p. 86

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