Browsing Quotes By Henry B. Eyring
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Somehow I had gotten the idea that the choice was between repenting or not. And then I realized that whatever pain repentance might bring in this life, it was certainly no more than the pain I would face if I did not repent here, and yet that later pain could not lift me home. It could not bring the mercy I needed.
Speaker: Henry B. EyringSource: Come Unto Christ," Brigham Young University on 29 October 1989.Posted: 09 Sep 2011 at 8:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God’s commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.
Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:29 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Satan will always work on the saints of God to undermine their faith in priesthood keys. One way he does it is to point out the humanity of those who hold them. He can in that way weaken our testimony and so cut us loose from the line of keys by which the Lord ties to Him and can take us and our families home to Him and to our Heavenly Father.
…If we look for human frailty in humans, we will always find it.Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 11:06 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We need to pray for the Holy Ghost to help us know that men who lead us hold [the] power [of the Lord].
Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 11:02 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The test a loving God has set before us is not to see if we can endure difficulty. It is to see if we can endure it well.
…We need strength beyond ourselves to keep the commandments in whatever circumstance life brings to us. For some it may be poverty, but for others it may be prosperity. It may be the ravages of age or the exuberance of youth. The combination of trials and their duration are as varied as are the children of our Heavenly Father. No two are alike.
But what is being tested is the same, at all times in our lives and for every person: will we do whatsoever the Lord our God will command us?Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:31 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If you meet a girl in whose presence you feel a desire to do your best – such a woman is worthy of your love.
Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:18 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Someday, when you know who you really are, you will be sorry that you didn’t use your time better.
Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:18 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the inalienable right to submit ourselves to whichever of those powers we choose.
Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:18 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
For me, the essence of the Gospel is the doctrine of trying.
Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:17 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!