Browsing Quotes By Jeffrey R. Holland, page 1
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We must remember that [our investigators] were among the noble and great ones who once overcame Satan by the power of their testimony of Christ.
…A missionary’s testimony invokes a great legacy of testimonies, dating back to the Grand Councils in Heaven.Speaker: Jeffrey R. HollandPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:11 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
How do we expect the world to be happy if they don’t know who they are, why they’re here, or what’s going on? …No wonder half of the world has to numb themselves before breakfast.
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Don’t ever come home with the regret of ‘what might have been.’
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If you could teach with power and authority… teach your investigators to be baptized for the remission of sins, and I promise you that your baptisms will double or triple.
…I ask you to teach the Atonement. Teach repentance. Teach that we’re in big trouble, and there’s only one way out.Speaker: Jeffrey R. HollandPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:06 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We want [our investigators] to have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ – as the first principle of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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If I’m gonna be His disciple, how dare I ask to never even come close to the pain He felt, the blood He shed, the tears He saw.
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Welcome to the life of the Savior, who knows quite a bit about cups that people don’t want to drink, and paths that people don’t particularly want to walk.
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You are now doing the most important thing in this world – namely, participation in the salvation of a human soul. By definition, there is nothing greater.
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Whatever blessings you want in this life, you’ll save yourself a lot of grief… if you understand now that the promise is in the commandment.
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When you work, work! When you study, study! When you pray, pray! Take it up a notch! Be bigger, better, older, bolder than you’ve ever been.
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The best missions have very few rules; but we’re deadly serious about the ones we have.
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We cannot guarantee heroic results but every single elder and sister can pledge heroic effort.
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We don’t know much about the premortal life, but we do know that the two issues were agency and obedience. That battle is still going on right now.
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Every good thing that’s happened to me… has come because of my mission. So forgive me if I come to your mission , and I don’t think you’re working, and go ballistic!... I’m not neutral… it means everything to me.
Speaker: Jeffrey R. HollandPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:59 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is a work… but it is also a wonder. And it is wonderful. And you are at the heart of that wonder.
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The message of [the Book of Mormon] is that Christ does not fail us! That’s the message that we bring to the world.
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How easy [it is] to love someone [God] who so singularly loves us!
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One of the first rules of medical inquiry is to ask the patient ‘what hurts?’
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A mission is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience… how can we expect it to be easy for us, when it was never never ever easy for Him!
…If you ask if there’s an easier way, you should remember that you are not the first to ask that; someone greater, grander, and more beautiful did a long time ago.Speaker: Jeffrey R. HollandPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:35 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The waters of life can be very deep, and we are not shallow because we struggle with them.
Speaker: Jeffrey R. HollandPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:34 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!