“In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.”
Work
LDS Quotes on Work
“The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.”
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“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.”
“For members of the Church, education is not merely a good idea—it’s a commandment.”
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
“Start your work from where you live, with the small concrete needs right around you. Help ease tension in your workplace. Help feed the person right in front of you. Personalism holds that we each have a deep personal obligation to live simply, to look after the needs of our brothers and sisters, and to share in the happiness and misery they are suffering.”
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“The majority of the revelations which are given to the children of God come when they are acting, not when they are relaxing in their habitations waiting for the Lord to tell them the first step they should make.”
“Sincere praying implies that when we ask for any blessing or virtue, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.”
| Secrets of a Happy Life, 114–15.
Man unquestionably has impressive powers … But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ … Man cannot earn his own salvation.
“The Lord gave us power in proportion to the work to be done, and strength according to the race set before us, and grace and help as our needs required.”
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