Tad R. Callister Quotes

#1. President Gordon B. Hinckley spoke of its relationship to other events in world history: When all is said and done, when all of history is examined, when the deepest depths of the human mind have been explored, there is nothing so wonderful, so majestic, so tremendous as this act of grace.

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#2. Together with the Bible, the Book of Mormon is an indispensable witness of the doctrines of Christ and His divinity.

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#3. The Atonement of Jesus Christ outweighs, surpasses, and transcends every other mortal event, every new discovery, and every acquisition of knowledge, for without the Atonement all else in life is meaningless.

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#4. One of the most meaningful things we can do as parents is teach our children the power of prayer, not just the routine of prayer.

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#5. When all is said and done, the home is the ideal forum for teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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#6. Elder Neal A. Maxwell suggests that the prime reason the Savior personally acts as the gatekeeper of the celestial kingdom is not to exclude people, but to personally welcome and embrace those who have made it back home.

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#7. The difference between man and God is significant - but it is one of degree, not kind. It is the difference between an acorn and an oak tree, a rosebud and a rose, a son and a father ... Every man is a potential god in embryo.

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#8. If you ever feel distant, never mistake who has drifted away. Prayer will close this gap.

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#9. If the Atonement is the foundation of our faith (and it is), then no one should be content with a casual acquaintance of this doctrine. Instead, the Atonement should be paramount in our intellectual and spiritual pursuits.

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#10. You cannot pray for an A on a test and study for a B. You cannot pray for a celestial marriage and live a telestial life. You cannot pray for something and act less.

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#11. The powers of the Atonement do not lie dormant until one sins and then suddenly spring forth to satisfy the needs of the repentant person. Rather, like the forces of gravity, they are everywhere present, exerting their unseen but powerful influence.

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#12. A cathedral without windows, a face without eyes, a field without flowers, an alphabet without vowels, a continent without rivers, a night without stars, and a sky without a sun - these would not be so sad as a ... soul without Christ.

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#13. We become like those things we habitually love and admire. And thus, as we study Christ's life and live his teachings, we become more like him.

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#14. The Savior was no ivory-tower observer, no behind-the-lines captain ... The Savior was a participant, a player, who not only understood our plight intellectually, but who felt our wounds because they became his wounds.

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#15. The Atonement is our singular hope for a meaningful life.

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#16. The man of integrity who is true to self and to God will choose the right whether or not anyone is looking because he is self-driven, not externally controlled.

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#17. In the end, most women get the type of man they dress for.

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