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The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.
My ultimate dream is to sow seeds in the desert. To revegetate the deserts is to sow seed in people's hearts.
Satan knows that youth is the springtime of life when all things are new and young people are most vulnerable.
I challenge the homes of Israel to display on their walls great quotations and scenes from the Book of Mormon.
For those who are still merely vegetarian and not yet vegan, I ask, what in heaven's name are you waiting for?
We can choose to humble ourselves by loving God, adjusting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives.
The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.
One of the marks of an educated man today is to know what not to read--what not to see or what not to listen to.
We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope.
If a farmer does abandon his or her "tame" fields completely to nature, mistakes and destruction are inevitable.
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.
The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God's.
The earth was cursed for Adam's sake. Work is our blessing, not our doom. God has a work to do, and so should we.
Left alone, the earth maintains its own fertility, in accordance with the orderly cycle of plant and animal life.
The greening of the desert means sowing seeds in people's hearts and creating a green paradise of peace on earth.
Sport provides the spectacle, the metaphor, the religious ritual, the putty to fill the cracks in countless lives.
Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.
Of course, I have made mistakes . . . just as every grower does. However, I never really think of them as mistakes!
Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.
The only sensible approach to disease and insect control, I think, is to grow sturdy crops in a healthy environment.
Making decisions is probably the most important thing people ever do. Nothing happens until someone makes a decision.
If we would truly seek to be more like our Savior and Master, learning to love as He loves should be our highest goal
I have a vision of homes alerted, of classes alive, and of pulpits aflame with the spirit of Book of Mormon messages.
We have come to the point at which there is no other way than to bring about a 'movement' not to bring anything about
I base all of my relationships on trust, and I try to prove that trust to begin with, and so there isn't any question.
Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.
To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.
The moral code of Heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage.
It is not enough simply to try to resist evil or empty our lives of sin. We must also fill our lives with righteousness
Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.
I don’t know of a better argument in favor of farming with horses than trying to start an old tractor in the winter time.
I cannot speak but I am doubted, every moment judged for lies, as though I come into a court when I come into this house!
Natural farming is just farming, nothing more. You don't have to be a spiritually oriented person to practice my methods.
The condition for a miracle is difficulty, however the condition for a great miracle is not difficulty, but impossibility.
Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can.
Let us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through home production and storage, but others as well.
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.
We should not rely on our feelings; we had to walk by faith and not by sight. If we preserve in the Lord, we always succeed.
Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.
Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence.
Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.
No man is truly educated unless he knows where he came from, why he is here, and where he can expect to go in the next life.
To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor.
Those who were cowards never started, and those who were weak were lost on the way, but the brave find a home in every land.
I began to realize that when you are at peace with your Maker you can, if not ignore human criticism, at least rise above it.
Enmity means 'hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition.' It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us.
Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.
Some men are willing to die for their faith, but they are not willing to fully live for it. Christ both lived and died for us.
To consider yourself an environmentalist and still eat meat is like saying you're a philanthropist who doesn't give to charity.
Our great Constitution has been beaten and torn until now it hangs by a single thread, and that thread is our franchise to vote.