Marion G. Romney famous quotes

Service is not something we endure on this earth so we can earn the right to live in the celestial kingdom. Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in the celestial kingdom is made.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Earth #Kingdoms #Fiber

Pondering is, in my feeling, a form of prayer.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Prayer #Feelings #Form

No, the Lord doesn't really need us to take care of the poor, but we need this experience; for it is only through our learning how to take care of each other that we develop within us the Christlike love and disposition necessary to qualify us to return to his presence.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Charity #Care #Return

Many people correctly make the point that our only hope is to turn to God. For example, Charles Lindbergh, who said that in his young manhood he thought "science was more important than either man or God," and that "without a highly developed science modern man lacks the power to survive," . . . went to Germany after the war to see what Allied bombing had done to the Germans, who had been leaders in science. There, he says, "I learned that if his civilization is to continue, modern man must direct the material power of his science by the spiritual truths of his God."
-- Marion G. Romney

#Spiritual #War #Men

The Holy Ghost converts [us] from carnality to spirituality. It cleanses, heals, and purifies the soul. . . . . Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, and water baptism are all preliminary and prerequisite to it, but [the baptism of fire] is the consummation. To receive [this baptism of fire] is to have one's garments washed in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Jesus #Blood #Fire

Whenever I have a serious problem or some assignment of a creative nature...I always receive more assistance in the early morning hours than at any other time of the day.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Morning #Creative #Serious

How can we give if there is nothing there?... Support and understanding cannot come from the emotionally starved. Teaching cannot come from the unlearned. And most important of all, spiritual guidance cannot come from the spiritually weak.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Spiritual #Teaching #Giving

Not only does inspiration from the Lord compensate for want of facts; it also induces men by self-discipline, to conform in their personal conduct and in their dealings one with another to the highest standards they know. In other words, it gives men the capacity which distinguishes wisdom from knowledge.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Wisdom #Inspiration #Men

The key to happiness is to get the spirit and keep it.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Happiness #Keys #Inner Peace

But you don't need to worry. The Lord will never let his mouthpiece lead the people astray.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Worry #People #Needs

Prayer is the instrument of miracles.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Prayer #Miracle #Instruments

Prayer is the means by which men communicate with God. Revelation is the means by which God communicates with men.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Prayer #Mean #Men

There is an interdependence between those who have and those who have not. The process of giving exalts the poor and humbles the rich. In the process, both are sanctified.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Giving #Rich #Poor

Receiving the Holy Ghost is the therapy which effects forgiveness and heals the sin-sick soul.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Sick #Soul #Receiving

Now, we have the Holy Ghost. Each one of us who is a member of the Church has had hands laid upon his head and has been given, as far as an ordinance can give it, the gift of the Holy Ghost. But, as I remember, when I was confirmed, the Holy Ghost was not directed to come to me; I was directed to "receive the Holy Ghost." If I receive the Holy Ghost and follow his guidance, I will be among those who are protected and carried through these troubled times. And so will you, and so will every other soul who lives under his direction. If ye are prepared, ye need not fear.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Hands #Giving #Soul

My soul has made its greatest growth as I have been driven to my knees by adversity and affliction.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Adversity #Soul #Growth

It has always seemed somewhat paradoxical to me that we must constantly have the Lord command us to do those things which are for our own good.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Lord #Paradoxical #Command

We will see the day when we live on what we produce.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Religious #Self Reliance #Preparedness

Forgiveness is as wide as repentance.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Forgiveness #Repentance

There were no pre-adamic men in the line of Adam. I am not a scientist. I do not profess to know anything but Jesus Christ, and him crucified, and the principles of his gospel. If, however, there are some things in the strata of the earth indicating there were men before Adam, they were not the ancestors of Adam. Adam was the son of God. . . . He did not come up through an unbroken line of organic evolution. There had to be a fall. 'Adam fell that men might be.' (2 Nephi 2:25.) .
-- Marion G. Romney

#Jesus #Fall #Son

The whole problem is spirituality-not finances. Spiritually strong = welfare strong.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Strong #Spirituality #Problem

The truth is that we are saved by grace only after all we ourselves can do. (See 2 Ne. 25:23.) There will be no government dole which can get us through the pearly gates. Nor will anybody go into the celestial kingdom who wants to go there on the works of someone else. Every man must go through on his own merits. We might just as well learn this here and now.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Men #Grace #Want

The principle of self-reliance grows out of a fundamental doctrine of the Church, that of agency. Just as each individual is accountable for his choices and actions in spiritual matters, so also is he accountable in temporal matters. It is through our own efforts and decisions that we earn our way in this life. While the Lord will magnify us in both subtle and dramatic ways, he can only guide our footsteps when we move our feet. Ultimately, our own actions determine our blessings or lack of them. It is a direct consequence of both agency and accountability.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Spiritual #Moving #Blessing

Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Motivation #Decision #Choices

Self-Reliance is a prerequisite to the complete freedom to act.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Self #Survival #Self Reliance

When earth life is over and things appear in their true perspective, we shall more clearly see and realize what the Lord and his prophets have repeatedly told us, that the fruits of the gospel are the only objectives worthy of life's full efforts. Their possessor obtains true wealth - wealth in the Lord's view of values. We need constantly to deepen our understandings and sharpen our realization of what the fruits of the gospel are. The Lord has defined them as . . . peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Views #Perspective #Effort

The only motive strong enough to induce men to exercise the self control required by the religion of Jesus is love.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Love #Strong #Jesus

Always keep your eye on the President of the church, and if he ever tells you to do anything, even if it is wrong, and you do it, the lord will bless you for it, but you don't need to worry. The lord will never let his mouthpiece lead the people astray.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Eye #Worry #People

This gospel has often been spoken of as a way of life. This however is not quite accurate. Consisting as it does of the principles and ordinances necessary to man's exaltation it is not just a way of life, it is the one and only way of life by which men may accomplish the full purpose of their mortality.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Men #Doe #Purpose

While the Lord will magnify us in both subtle and dramatic ways, he can only guide our footsteps when we move our feet.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Moving #Feet #Way

In this modern world plagued with counterfeits for the Lord's plan, we must not be misled into supposing that we can discharge our obligations to the poor and the needy by shifting the responsibility to some governmental or other public agency. Only by voluntarily giving out of an abundant love for our neighbors can we develop that charity characterized by Mormon as "the pure love of Christ." (Moro.7:47) This we must develop if we would obtain eternal life.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Responsibility #Agency #Giving

It has always seemed somewhat paradoxical to me that we must constantly have the Lord command us to do those things which are for our own good. The Lord has said, 'He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.' (Matt. 10:39.) We lose our life by serving and lifting others. By so doing we experience the only true and lasting happiness. Service is not something we endure on this earth so we can earn the right to live in the celestial kingdom. Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in the celestial kingdom is made.
-- Marion G. Romney

#Earth #Kingdoms #Sake

It is perfectly evident...that to thank the Lord in all things is not merely a courtesy, it is a commandment as binding upon us as any other commandment
-- Marion G. Romney

#Gratitude #Lord #Courtesy