Joseph B. Wirthlin famous quotes

As we come unto Christ and journey to higher ground, we will desire to spend more time in His temples, because the temples represent higher ground, sacred ground.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Journey #Desire #Sacred

Sometimes the greatest love is not found in the dramatic scenes that poets and writers immortalize. Often, the greatest manifestations of love are the simple acts of kindness and caring we extend to those we meet along the path of life.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Kindness #Caring #Simple

No matter our age, our circumstances, or abilities... Each one of us can create something remarkable with our lives.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Attitude #Age #Matter

The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss. That which is taken away from those who love the Lord will be added unto them in His own way. While it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Gratitude #Taken #Loss

The way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Adversity #Successful #Way

In our own storms in life the Savior is our solace and our sanctuary. If we seek peace, we must come unto Him, the Man who suffered for mankind, who committed His life to healing the sick and comforting the disconsolate, is mindful of your sufferings, doubts, and heartaches. Living the gospel does not mean the storms of life will pass us by, but we will be better prepared to face them with serenity and peace.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Healing #Mean #Men

As we look for humor, seek for the eternal perspective, understnd the principle of compensation, and draw near to our Heavenly Father, we can endure heardship and trial.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Father #Perspective #Principles

Key statements made by latter-day prophets are not trite clichés. They are vital counsel to us from the Lord through his prophets. We should ponder and act upon such statements.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Keys #Lord #Prophet

If you feel that Heavenly Father is not listening to your petitions, ask yourself if you are listening to the cries of the poor, the sick, the hungry, and the afflicted all around you.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Father #Sick #Listening

Kindness is the essence of greatness.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Kindness #Greatness #Essence

The most treasured and sacred moments of our lives are those filled with the spirit of love. The greater the measure of our love, the greater is our joy. In the end, the development of such love is the true measure of success in life.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Love Is #Joy #Development

Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Inspirational #Life #Friendship

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Mean #Opportunity #Giving

The simple secret is this: put your trust in the Lord, do your best, then leave the rest to Him.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Simple #Secret #Trust In The Lord

We are ever on the threshold of new journeys and new discoveries. Can you imagine the excitement of the Wright brothers on the morning of that first flight? The anticipation of Jonas Salk as he analyzed the data that demonstrated a way to prevent polio?
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Morning #Brother #Journey

Every home is a house of learning either for good or otherwise.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Home #House

Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one's voice.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Gratitude #Rain #Simple

The next time you’re tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives of all those around you more enjoyable.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Laughing #Trying #Might

If we approach adversities wisely, our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward times of greatest happiness.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Adversity #Growth #Hardest Times

Our destiny and ultimate fate depend upon our daily decisions. . . .Tomorrow's joy or tomorrow's despair has its roots in decisions we make today. . . . Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Fate #Destiny #Men

How can we love days that are filled with sorrow? We can't-at least not in the moment. I don't think my mother was suggesting that we suppress discouragement or deny the reality of pain. I don't think she was suggesting that we smother unpleasant truths beneath a cloak of pretended happiness. But I do believe that the way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Mother #Pain #Believe

Each choice has a consequence. Each consequence a destination.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Positive #Law Of Attraction #Choices

Living the gospel does not mean the storms of life will pass us by, but we will be better prepared to face them with serenity and peace. 'Search diligently, pray always, and be believing,' the Lord admonished, 'and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly.'
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Believe #Mean #Serenity

As you overcome adversity in your life, you will become stronger. Then you will be better able to help others -those who are working, in their turn, to find a safe harbor from the storms that rage about them.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Adversity #Helping Others #Storm

Faith is not so much something we believe; faith is something we live.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Inspirational #Faith #Spiritual

Sometimes those who start out the slowest end up going the farthest.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Sometimes #Ends

Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. They tend to brighten all around them. They make others feel better about themselves. They tend to be more humble, more joyful, more likable.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Gratitude #Grateful #Humble

Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time, are precisely the kinds of experiences that stretch our understanding, build our character, and increase our compassion for others.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Jobs #Disappointment #Character

Come what may and love it.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Inspirational #Spiritual #Attitude

The church is not a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, or have perfect thoughts, or have perfect feelings. The Church is a place where imperfect people gather to provide encouragement, support, and service to each other as we press on in our journey to return to our Heavenly Father.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Encouragement #Father #Journey

The faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Gratitude #Faithful #Tears

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Adversity #Stronger #Way

We should learn to be patient with ourselves. Recognizing our strengths and our weaknesses, we should strive to use good judgment in all of our choices and decisions, make good use of every opportunity, and do our best in every task we undertake. We should not be unduly discouraged nor in despair at any time when we are doing the best we can. Rather, we should be satisfied with our progress even though it may come slowly at times.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Opportunity #Decision #Choices

The Lord will never forsake or abandon anyone, You may abandon him, but he will not abandon you. You never need to feel that you are alone.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Needs #May #Lord

Nephi taught that by clinging to the word of God, as though it be a handrail, we would be able to avoid temptations and not lose our way in darkness. Thus, we would remain on the narrow path.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Temptation #Darkness #Would Be

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Perseverance #Waiting #Good Things

Peace is more than a lofty ideal. It is a practical principle that, with conscious effort, can become a normal part of our lives as we deal with matters both large and small. One habit that prevents inner peace is procrastination. It clutters our minds with unfinished business and makes us uneasy until we finish a task and get it out of the way.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Procrastination #Effort #Inner Peace

You should look ahead now and decide what you want to do with your lives. Fix clearly in your mind what you want to be one year from now, five years, ten years, and beyond. Write your goals and review them regularly. Keep them before you constantly, record your progress, and revise them as circumstances dictate.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Writing #Years #Generosity

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Integrity #Mean #Consequence

We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Journey #Long #Each Day

The more we focus on the things we don’t have, the more unhappy and more resentful we become.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Focus #Unhappy #Resentful

I believe that perseverance is vital to success in any endeavor, whether spiritual or temporal, large or small, public or personal. . . . All significant achievement results largely from perseverance.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Spiritual #Perseverance #Believe

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people. As you overcome adversity in your life, you will become stronger.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Butterfly #Character #Adversity

There is a form of communication that transcends the power of words.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Attitude #Communication #Power Of Words

Kind words not only lift our spirits in the moment they are given, but they can linger with us over the years.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Years #Spirit #Kind

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heart-warming!
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Memories #Heart #Vivid

Our integrity determines what we really are.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Integrity #Determine

Personal integrity implies such trustworthiness and incorruptibility that we are incapable of being false to a trust or covenant.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Integrity #Covenant #Trustworthiness

True disciples of Jesus Christ have always been concerned for the one. Jesus Christ is our greatest example. He was surrounded by multitudes and spoke to thousands, yet He always had concern for the one.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Jesus #Example #Christ

Being true to one's duty is a mark of true disciples of the Lord and the children of God. Be valiant in your duty. Stay in step. Do not fail in your most important task, that of keeping your second estate. Be true to your duty, for it will bring you to God.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Children #Important #Tasks

Faith exists when absolute confidence in that which we cannot see combines with action that is in absolute conformity to the will of our Heavenly Father. Without all three--first, absolute confidence; second, action; and third, absolute conformity--without these three all we have is a counterfeit, a weak and watered-down faith.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Father #Three #Firsts

Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Honesty #Liars #Devil

I know that each of us has much to do. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the tasks we face. But if we keep our priorities in order, we can accomplish all that we should. We can endure to the end regardless of temptations, problems, and challenges.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Order #Priorities #Temptation

Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Heart #Fire #Imagination

There is no limit to the potential of brethren working together in complete brotherhood and selflessness toward spiritual goals. The power of God working through such channels will bring unimaginable blessings to all concerned.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Spiritual #Blessing #Goal

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Cheating #Lying #Stealing

I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with many wonderful people from many walks of life. I have known rich and poor, famous and modest, wise and otherwise.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Wise #Opportunity #People

Too many sit at the banquet table of the gospel of Jesus Christ and merely nibble at the feast placed before them. They go through the motions - attending their meetings perhaps, glancing at scriptures, repeating familiar prayers - but their hearts are far away.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Jesus #Prayer #Heart

Perfection is worth striving for, even if it is ultimately unattainable in this life.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Perfection #Unattainable #Strive

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Desire #Ordinary #Burning

There is no real joy that does not involve self-denial and self-discipline
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Real #Self #Discipline

The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Passion #Empathy #Temptation

There is no defeat except for those who give up.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Giving Up #Giving #Defeat

If television viewing choices serve as a valid measure of our society, they who choose evil surely are more numerous than they who choose good.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Evil #Choices #Television

Another activity that can detract us from the proper way is watching television excessively or viewing improper movies. While fine productions on these media are uplifting and entertaining, we need to be very selective in choosing what we see and how much of our time such an activity deserves. Our precious time must not be diverted to the sideline attractions of vulgar language, immoral conduct, pornography, and violence.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Uplifting #Media #Needs

Success results when preparation meets opportunity.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Success #Opportunity #Preparation

Let us strive for personal, practical integrity in every endeavor, regardless of how mundane or inconsequential it may seem.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Integrity #May #Strive

You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Storm #Finding Peace

I know why there must be opposition in all things. Adversity, if handled correctly, can be a blessing in our lives. We can learn to love it.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Adversity #Blessing

Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin

#Heart #Mind #Fundamentals