274 Quotes by Russell M. Nelson

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    As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord.

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    As a medical doctor and cardiac surgeon, I had the responsibility of performing open-heart surgery on President Spencer W. Kimball in 1972, when he was Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

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    Agency is a divine gift to you. You are free to choose what you will be and what you will do.

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    While musical experts of the world focus on what choir members can do, I would like to focus on what choir members can be.

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    Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

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    Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are not superhuman. They are ordinary people with ordinary frailties. But therein lies the power of their example.

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    Marriage and family are ordained of God. The family is the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Under God's great plan of happiness, families can be sealed in temples and be prepared to return to dwell in His holy presence forever. That is eternal life!

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    In legal language, a covenant generally denotes an agreement between two or more parties. But in a religious context, a covenant is much more significant. It is a sacred promise with God. He fixes the terms.

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