Callister Quotes

#1. 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.

Tad R. Callister

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

Tad R. Callister

#3. 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.

Tad R. Callister

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

Tad R. Callister

#5. Questions arose. Like, what in the fuck was going on here, basically.

Thomas Pynchon

#6. 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.

Tad R. Callister

#7. 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.

Tad R. Callister

#8. 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.

Tad R. Callister

#9. 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.

Tad R. Callister

#10. I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.

Byron Katie

#11. I never lied to a person in my life; my kids didn't, either.

Art Modell

#12. 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.

Tad R. Callister

#13. 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.

Tad R. Callister

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

Tad R. Callister

#15. The Blood She Betrayed is unique, and Shahkara, the character, is one of the most engaging strong female role models I've seen in a long time. This girl can handle herself! The plot is full of ingenious twists, turns and surprises, and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

L.J.Smith

#16. We ask our men and women in uniform to leave their families, our guardsmen and reservists to leave their jobs. We ask you to fight, to sacrifice, to risk your lives for your country. The last thing you should have to do is fight for a job when you come home.

Barack Obama

#17. 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.

Tad R. Callister

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

Tad R. Callister

#19. 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.

Tad R. Callister

#20. 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.

Tad R. Callister

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

Tad R. Callister

#22. To think critically, it is first maturing and distancing a bit from self, no matter what level one lives on Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Pearl Zhu

#23. The fastest way to bring a wrecking ball to our skewed interpretations is through confession.

Edward T. Welch

#24. I'm a has-been. Who the fuck cares about me?"
Shadows said softly, "You're a god".
Wednesday looked at him sharply. [ ... ] "So?"
"It's a good thing to be a god", said Shadow
"Is it?

Neil Gaiman

#25. 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.

Tad R. Callister

#26. Never hide your fear because it will become your own God, hidden inside you.

Sorin Cerin

#27. Mindfulness does not erase negative memories; it 'transcends' them giving us back our deepest power which resides in our hearts.

Christopher Dines