Jeffrey R. Holland quotes

God is eagerly waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as he always has. But he can't if you don't pray, and he can't if you don't dream. In short, he can't if you don't believe. (Jeffrey R. Holland)
Your Father in heaven knows your name and knows your circumstance. He hears your prayers. He knows your hopes and dreams, including your fears and frustrations. And He knows what you can become through faith in Him. View quote
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When life is hard, remember - we are not the first to ask, 'Is there no other way? View quote
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God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go. View quote
Jeffrey R. Holland
No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won't make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf) View quote
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If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived. (The Inconvenient Messiah, BYU Speeches, Feb 15, 1982) View quote
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Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad. View quote
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If you are lonely, please know you can find. If you are discouraged, please know you can find. If you are poor in spirit, please know you can be. If you feel you are broken, please know you can be. View quote
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I want it absolutely clear when I stand before the judgement bar of God that I declared to the world, in the most straightforward language I could summon, that the Book of Mormon is true. View quote
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Don't do anything stupid. View quote
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And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow. (Jeffrey R. Holland)
Somebody like you taught somebody like me. View quote
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My own great-grandfather, who said simply enough, "No wicked man could write such a book as this; and no good man would write it unless it were true and he were commanded of God to do so. View quote
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Everything in the gospel teaches us that we can change if we need to, that we can be helped if we truly want it, that we can be made whole, whatever the problems of the past. View quote
Jeffrey R. Holland
Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don't come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. View quote
Jeffrey R. Holland