Top 219 Quotes & Sayings by Russell M. Nelson
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American priest Russell M. Nelson.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Preparation for a mission is important. A mission is a voluntary act of service to God and humankind. Missionaries support that privilege with their personal savings. Parents, families, friends, and donors to the General Missionary Fund may also assist.
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.
To rule children by force is the technique of Satan, not of the Savior.
I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, 'I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior's power to bless others.'
From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God.
My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.
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.
Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.
Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges.
My concern is that contention is becoming accepted as a way of life.
Saints can be happy under every circumstance.
The decision to serve a mission will shape the spiritual destiny of the missionary, his or her spouse, and their posterity for generations to come. A desire to serve is a natural outcome of one's conversion, worthiness, and preparation.
Many shoulder heavy burdens of righteous responsibility which, on occasion, seem so difficult to bear. I have heard those challenges termed impossible.
Our personal intelligence is everlasting and divine.
Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
We need women who are devoted to shepherding God's children along the covenant path toward exaltation; women who know how to receive personal revelation, who understand the power and peace of the temple endowment; women who know how to call upon the powers of heaven to protect and strengthen children and families; women who teach fearlessly.
Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age.
Each daughter of God is of infinite worth because of her divine mission.
The only length of life that seems to satisfy the longings of the human heart is life everlasting.
Contention does not usually begin as strife between countries. More often, it starts with an individual, for we can contend within ourselves over simple matters of right and wrong. From there, contention can infect neighbors and nations like a spreading sore.
One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.
Parents and teachers, learn to listen, then listen to learn from children.
Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love.
We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.
As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.
Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can be bolstered as we learn about Him and live our religion. The doctrine of Jesus Christ was designed by the Lord to help us increase our faith.
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!
Our Heavenly Father loves you. He has created you to be successful and to have joy.
As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord.
Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.
Many institutions of higher learning will grant an 18- to 30-month deferral to prospective missionaries. This will enable you elders and sisters to serve without worrying about where you will begin your advanced education. We are very grateful to leaders of educational institutions who are making such planning possible!
Clinicians, academicians, and politicians are often put to a test of faith. In pursuit of their goals, will their religion show or will it be hidden? Are they tied back to God or to man?
Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.
Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.
Generally, the younger the victim, the greater the grief. Yet even when the elderly or infirm have been afforded merciful relief, their loved ones are rarely ready to let go.
To understand the power of the priesthood, we must know its limitations.
I feel impressed to counsel those engaged in personal challenges to do right. In particular, my heart reaches out to those who feel discouraged by the magnitude of their struggle.
It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.
Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.
I believe that in the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.
Agency is a divine gift to you. You are free to choose what you will be and what you will do.
Our Creator expects His children everywhere to educate themselves.
No, we don't own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.
You are never too young to learn, never too old to change.
Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.
Prior to my call to the Twelve, I served as a medical doctor and surgeon.
Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.
Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations.
The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.
He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood - both its power and those who bear it.
When we speak of faith - the faith that can move mountains - we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
A worthy woman personifies the truly noble and worthwhile attributes of life.
Even more amazing than modern technology is our opportunity to access information directly from Heaven, without hardware, software, or monthly service fees.
Differences exist in practice and organization between the Lord's Church and man-made institutions.
The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.
A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.
Men and women may form associations for and among themselves and be governed by stipulations that are mutually acceptable.
We can feel joy even while having a bad day, a bad week, or even a bad year!
I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.
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