Top 100 David Mckay Quotes
#1. David McKay, 1900. Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1929. Yeats, William Butler. A Vision
James Hollis
#2. [One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God.
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#3. The two most important documents affecting the destiny of America are the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Both these immortal papers relate primarily to the freedom of the individual.
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#4. The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
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#5. He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.
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#6. True motherhood is the noblest call of the world, and we look with sorrow upon the practice here in our own United States of limiting families, a tendency creeping into our own Church.
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#7. Throughout the ages advanced souls have yearned for a society in which liberty and justice prevail. Men have sought for it, fought for it, have died for it. Ancient freemen prized it; slaves longed for it; the Magna Charta demanded it; the Constitution of the United States declared it.
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#8. The kind of life you live, your disposition, your very nature, will be determined by your thoughts, of which your acts are but the outward expression. Thought is the seed of action.
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#9. That which a man continually thinks about determines his actions in times of opportunity and stress. I will know what you are if you tell me what you think about when you don't have to think.
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#10. Free agency is a gift of God ... The world does not comprehend the significance of that divine gift to the individual. It is as inherent as intelligence which, we are told, has never been nor can be created
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#11. Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.
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#12. A girl who sacrifices self-respect for social popularity debases true womanhood. A spotless character, founded upon the ability to say "no" in the presence of those who mock and jeer, wins the respect and love of men and women whose opinion is most worthwhile..
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#13. President David O. McKay declared: "No greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the Church, upon all citizens of this Republic and of neighboring Republics than to protect the freedom vouchsafed by the Constitution of the United States." (Conference Report, April 1950, p. 37.)
Ezra Taft Benson
#14. All men who have moved the world have been men who would stand true to their conscience.
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#15. Man's earthly existence is but a test as to whether he will concentrate his efforts, his mind, his soul upon things which contribute to the comfort and gratification of his physical instincts and passions, or whether he will make as his life's end and purpose the acquisition of spiritual qualities
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#16. Prayer is the pulsation of a yearning, loving heart in tune with the Infinite. It is a message of the soul sent directly to a loving Father. The language is not mere words.
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#17. True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also honest men and women with virtue, temperance, and brotherly love.
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#18. To be ignorant of one's own ignorance is to be in an unprogressive, uninspired state of existence.
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#19. Life here is probationary. It is man's duty to become the master, not the slave of nature. His appetites are to be controlled and used for the benefit of his health and the prolongation of his life-his passions mastered and controlled for the happiness and blessing of others.
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#20. Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls
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#21. David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.
Adam McKay
#22. What you think about when you don't have to think, shows what you really are.
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#23. Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives.
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#24. It is our duty to seek to acquire the art of being cheerful. It will hold in check the demons of despair and stifle the power of discouragement and hopelessness.
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#25. A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions are revealed the man's power to govern or his forced servility to yield.
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#26. Let husband and wife never speak to one another in loud tones,unless the house is on fire.
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#27. The Constitution of this government was written by men who accepted Jesus Christ as the Savior of mankind. Let men and women in these United States then continue to keep their eyes centered upon Him who ever shines as a Light to all the world.
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#28. The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity.
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#30. Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for nations.
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#32. Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.
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#33. I see myself living by correct principles and accomplishing worthy purposes. One of my favorite quotes is, "The greatest battles of life are fought out every day in the silent chambers of one's own soul." (David O. McKay).
Stephen Covey
#34. Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.
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#36. That home is most beautiful in which you find each person striving to serve the other.
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#37. The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.
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#38. This is the number one responsibility of the Latter-day Saints - to get in the struggle to preserve freedom. Everywhere that Communism succeeds, missionary work, temple work, everything the Church does, dies. Your number one responsibility is to preserve freedom.
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#39. The greatest work we will ever do will be within the walls of our home.
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#40. If you would be happy, render a kind service, make somebody else happy.
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#41. There is no development of character without resistance, there is no growth of spirituality without overcoming.
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#42. I never think of death: I am too busy thinking of life.
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#43. What you think about when you don't think, shows who you really are.
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#44. There are seeds of happiness in every soul. Our mental attitude and dispositions constitute the environment in which these seeds germinate. There is as much need for sunshine in our heart as for sunshine in the world. Today, as perhaps never before, mankind needs encouragement and cheer.
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#45. Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.
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#46. ... The most worthy calling in life is that in which man can serve best his fellow man. ... The noblest aim in life is to strive to live to make other lives better and happier.
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#47. True Christianity is love in action. There is no better way to manifest love for God than to show an unselfish love for your fellow men. This is the spirit of missionary work
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#48. Live and let live" is an old adage. "Live and help live" is a better one.
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#49. I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness of that teaching hangs the destiny of nations.
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#50. I believe that only through a truly educated citizenry can the ideals that inspired the Founding Fathers of our nation be preserved and perpetuated.
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#51. Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.
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#52. A man may act as his conscience dictates so long as he does not infringe upon the rights of others. That is the spirit of true democracy, and all government by the Priesthood should be actuated by that same high motive.
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#53. Is it the body you are going to serve and be a slave to or is it the spirit you are going to develop, and live happily in this life and in the world to come?
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#54. It is written that he who governs well, leads the blind; But that he who teaches, gives them eyes.
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#55. In choosing a companion, it is necessary to study the disposition, the inheritance, and training of the one with whom you are contemplating making life's journey.
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#56. There should be no yelling in the home unless there is a fire.
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#57. Friendship is a sacred possession. As air, water and sunshine to flowers, trees and verdure, so smiles, sympathy and love of friends to the daily life of man. To live, laugh, love one's friends, and be loved by them is to bask in the sunshine of life.
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#58. This age is fraught with limitless perils, as well as untold possibilities.
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#59. As individuals, we must think nobler thoughts. We must not encourage vile thoughts or low aspirations. We shall radiate them if we do. If we think noble thoughts, if we encourage and cherish noble aspirations, there will be that radiation when we meet people, especially when we associate with them.
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#60. I will raise my voice as long as God gives me sound or ability, against this Communistic idea that the Government will take care of us all, and everything belongs to the government. It is wrong!
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#61. No greater responsibility can rest upon a man, than to be a teacher of God's children
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#62. The greatest comfort in this life is having a close relationship with God.
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#63. Out of the homes of America will come the future citizens of America, and only as those homes are what they should be will this nation be what it should be.
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#64. We must not close our eyes to the fact that there are conspiring men who would pollute young boys, and girls of corresponding age, for sake of increasing profits.
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#65. "We don't take sufficient time to meditate." I get up early in the morning ... five o'clock, when my mind and spirit are clear and rested. Then I meditate ...
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#66. The purpose of the church is to make bad men good and good men better.
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#67. One of my most precious possessions is my memory of a home in which love was supreme, in which I cannot recall ever a cross word having passed between father and mother. We all owe such a blessing to our children.
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#68. Thoughts that most frequently occupy the mind determine a man's course of action.
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#69. The world is hungry to hear the truth ... We have it. Are we equal to the task-to the responsibility God has placed upon us?
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#70. No man can sincerely resolve to apply to his daily life the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth without sensing a change in his own nature. The phrase, 'born again', has a deeper significance than many people attach to it. This changed feeling may be indescribable, but it is real.
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#71. The latest I like to be to meeting is 15 minutes early
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#72. Next to be in one with worshiping God, there is nothing in this world upon which this church should be more united than in upholding and defending the constitution of the United States.
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#73. As long as the day lasts, let's give it all we got.
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#74. Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.
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#75. A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions, and no matter what his pretensions in religion, he moves in daily life very close to the animal plane.
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#76. Seek to share joy with others, or to make somebody else happy, and you will find your own soul radiant with the joy you wished for another.
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#77. True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.
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#78. Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education ... is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character.
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#79. Peace springs from righteousness in the soul, from upright living.
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#80. If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives!
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#81. There is no success which can compensate for the failure of the family.
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#82. The privilege to work is a gift.
The power to work is a blessing.
The love of work is success.
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#83. Among life's sweetest blessings is fellowship with men and women whose ideals and aspirations are high and noble. Next to a sense of kinship with God comes the helpfulness, encouragement, and inspiration of friends.
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#84. When the husband and wife are healthy, and free from inherited weaknesses and diseases that might be transmitted with injury to their offspring the use of contraceptives is to be condemned.
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#85. The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.
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#86. [Liberty] is freedom of choice, a divine gift, an essential virtue in a peaceful society.
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#87. True liberty in individuals consists in the enjoying of every right that will contribute to one's peace and happiness, so long as the exercise of such a privilege does not interfere with the same privilege in others.
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#88. Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.
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#90. Each one of us is the architect of his own fate; and he is unfortunate indeed who will try to build himself without the inspiration of God, without realizing that he grows from within, not from without.
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#91. Always remember that a soldier's pack is lighter than a slave's chains.
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#92. ... The Lord through His grace appeared to man, gave him the Gospel or eternal plan whereby he might rise above the carnal and selfish things of life and obtain spiritual perfection. But he must rise by his own efforts and he must walk by faith.
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#93. Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.
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#94. Misrepresentation, false propaganda, innuendoes soon sprout into poisonous weeds, and before long the people find themselves victims of a pollution that has robbed them of their individual liberty and enslaved them to a group of political gangsters.
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#95. Man's greatest happiness comes from losing himself for the good of others.
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#96. There are seeds of happiness planted in every human soul. Our mental attitude and disposition constitute the environment in which these seeds may germinate.
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#97. As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, more appreciative of the good and the beautiful in the world, or we may choose the trashy, the vulgar, the obscene, which will make us feel as though we've been 'wallowing in the mire.
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#98. Choose your mate not alone for physical attraction, but for congenial and spiritual companionship.
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#99. When harmony, mutual consideration and trust pass out of the home, hell enters in.
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#100. Appreciation is a great virtue, and if husbands and wives expressed it more frequently in our homes, wives would be happier, and husbands would probably be more kind (Gospel Ideals, p. 475).
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