266 Quotes by James E. Faust

Missionary work will never be what it might be without the help of the members. Stake presidents need to feel some responsibility and ownership of missionary work. The stake president is the one who has the presiding priesthood keys over both the members and non-members in his stake. The missionaries are his helpers.

Don’t take too much council from your fears.

The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.

Happiness in marriage and parenthood can exceed a thousand times any other happiness.

I have now lived long enough to know that, whatever our situation, our troubles melt and disappear like frost in the morning sun when we dwell upon our blessings rather than our disappointments. No matter how pessimistic one’s view may become of the times and the seasons, we can always fall back on special friendship, on faithful, personal love, and on simple, true dealings in our own personal lives.

Adversity is the refiner’s fire that bends iron but tempers steel.

In my experience there are few people who are of true genius. There are many who are gifted, but most of the world’s work and great things come from ordinary people with a talent which they develop.

Each temple building is an inspiration, magnificent and beautiful in every way, but the temple building alone does not bless. The endowed blessings and divine functions – come through obedience and faithfulness to priesthood authority and covenants made.

We should ask ourselves; What are the Brethren saying? The living prophets can open the visions of eternity; they give counsel on how to overcome the world. We cannot know that counsel if we do not listen. We cannot receive the blessings we are promised if we do not follow the counsel given.