Work

LDS Quotes on Work

Spencer W. Kimball Portrait
[The Lord] asks us to rest from daily work. This means we should perform no labor that would keep us from giving our full attention to spiritual matters. The Lord told the Israelites, “thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, they manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor the cattle” (Exodus 20:10). Our prophets have told us that we should not shop, hunt, fish, attend sports events, or participate in similar activities on that day.

President Spencer W. Kimball cautioned, however, that if we merely lounge about doing nothing on the Sabbath, we are not keeping the day holy. The Sabbath calls for constructive thoughts and acts.

Spencer W. Kimball  |  (See Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball [2006], p. 170) — Gospel Principles, p. 141

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If the people will only be full of good works, I will insure that they will have faith in time of need.

Brigham Young  |  Journal of Discourses, 3:154

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“We exercise appropriate faith in our Master by involving ourselves in the work of the Master”

Robert Millet  |  By Grace Are We Saved. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1989.

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“Faith exists when absolute confidence in that which we cannot see combines with action that is in absolute conformity to the will of our Heavenly Father. Without all three—first, absolute confidence; second, action; and third, absolute conformity—without these three all we have is a counterfeit, a weak and watered-down faith.”

Joseph B. Wirthlin  |  Shall He Find Faith On The Earth?, October 2002 General Conference

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“We are poor in character when we think getting by is a substitute for doing our best.”

J. Reuben Clark

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Richard G. Scott Portrait

“To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done.”

Richard G. Scott  |  "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74

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We all occupy diversified stations in the world, and in the kingdom of God. Those who do right, and seek the glory of the Father in Heaven, whether their knowledge be little or much, or whether they can do little or much, if they do the very best they know how, they are perfect.”

LeGrand R. Curtis  |  Ensign, July 1995, p. 34

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Thus, faith in Christ leads to righteous action, which increases our spiritual capacity and power. Understanding that faith is a principle of action and of power inspires us to exercise our moral agency in compliance with gospel truth, invites the redeeming and strengthening powers of the Savior’s Atonement into our lives, and enlarges the power within us whereby we are agents unto ourselves (see D&C 58:28).

Elder David A. Bednar  |  “Ask in Faith,” Ensign, May 2008, p. 95

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True faith is focused in and on the Lord Jesus Christ and always leads to righteous action. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that “faith [is] the first principle in revealed religion, and the foundation of all righteousness” and that it is also “the principle of action in all intelligent beings” (Lectures on Faith [1985], 1). Action alone is not faith in the Savior, but acting in accordance with correct principles is a central component of faith. Thus, “faith without works is dead” (James 2:20).

Elder David A. Bednar  |  “Ask in Faith,” Ensign, May 2008

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