Russell M. Nelson quotes

You can change. You can 'come unto Christ, and be perfected in him.'
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Christ

Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Differences #Perfection #Self Improvement

We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#God #Flower #Heaven

The temple is the house of the Lord. The basis for every temple ordinance and covenant…is the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Every activity, every lesson, all we do in the Church, point to the Lord and His holy house.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Jesus #House #Church

When we ponder His voluntary atonement, any sense of sacrifice on our part becomes completely overshadowed by a profound sense of gratitude for the privilege of serving Him.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Gratitude #Sacrifice #Profound

The Lord's way is the only way for us to experience enduring happiness. His way brings sustained comfort to our souls and perennial peace to our homes.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Home #Soul #Way

Truth, covenants, and ordinances enable us to overcome fear and face the future with faith.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Faces #Overcoming #Covenant

Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage - in every thought and deed.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Life #Children #Healing

Make the Sabbath a delight by rendering service to others.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Delight #Service To Others #Rendering

Increase your faith. Proclaim your faith. Let your faith show.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Inspirational #Spiritual #Increase

God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but we are not. Each day, ours is the challenge to access the power of the Atonement so that we can truly change, become more Christlike, and qualify for the gift of exaltation and live eternally with God, Jesus Christ, and our families. For these powers, privileges, and gospel gifts, thanks be to God!
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Jesus #Yesterday #Forever

Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never right
-- Russell M. Nelson

How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God's providence and love and express that gratitude to him. Ammon taught, 'Let us give thanks to (God), for he doth work righteousness forever.' Our degree of gratitude is a measure of our love for him.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Gratitude #Giving #Forever

Be we reminded that the gathering of Israel is not the ultimate endpoint. It is but the beginning. The true endpoint is eternal life. It is that God’s children, in a covenant relationship with Him either by lineage or by adoption, will be able to dwell with Him and their families forever. That is God’s glory-eternal life for His children!
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Children #Israel #Adoption

It really matters what you listen to. . . . Select music that will strengthen your spirit.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Music #Matter #Spirit

When we love somebody, we show it by doing something nice. So learn to serve: find a need and fulfill a need. Surprise people with a good deed they hadn't planned on. We have that opportunity at home, at school, and at church.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Nice #School #Home

Through all of our various Christmas traditions, I hope that we are focused first upon the Lord Jesus Christ. Wise men still adore Him.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Wise #Jesus #Men

Jesus suffered deeply because He loves us deeply! He wants us to repent and be converted so that He can fully heal us.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Jesus #Want #Repent

Each day is a day of decision.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Decision #Each Day

I honor women who are not mothers. They know that motherhood is but one of the realms of womankind. The virtue and intelligence of women are uniquely applicable to other realms as well, such as compassionate service and teaching.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Mother #Teaching #Honor

Obedience allows God’s blessings to flow without constraint. He will bless His obedient children with freedom from bondage and misery. And He will bless them with more light.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Children #Blessing #Light

Faith is the antidote for fear.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Spiritual #Antidote

We should not be discouraged or depressed by our shortcomings. No one is without weakness. As part of the divine plan, we are tested to see whether we master weakness or let weakness master us. Proper diagnosis is essential to proper treatment. The Lord gave us this remarkable assurance: "Because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong" (Ether 12:37). But wishing for strength won't make us strong. It takes faith and work to shore up a weakened cord of integrity.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Strong #Integrity #Wish

Danger lurks when we divide ourselves with expressions such as "my private life," "my professional life," or even "my best behavior." Living life in separate compartments can lead to internal conflict and exhausting tension....Inner peace comes only as we maintain the integrity of truth in all aspects of our lives. When we covenant to follow the Lord and obey His commandments, we accept His standards in every thought, action, and deed.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Integrity #Live Life #Expression

The living Lord leads His living church.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Spiritual #Church #Lord

No matter your situation, you can make family history a part of your life right now. Primary children can draw a family tree. Youth can participate in proxy baptisms. They can also help the older generation work with computers. Parents can relate stories of their lives to their posterity. Worthy adult members can hold a temple recommend and perform temple ordinances for their own kin.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Children #Tree #Parent

A strong human spirit with control over appetites of the flesh is master over emotions and passions and not a slave to them. That kind of freedom is as vital to the spirit as oxygen is to the body! Freedom from self-slavery is true liberation!
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Strong #Passion #Self

Each holy temple stands as a symbol of our membership in the Church, as a sign of our faith in life after death, and as a sacred step toward eternal glory for us and our families.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Church #Membership #Sacred

Keeping divine commandments brings blessings, every time! Breaking divine commandments brings a loss of blessings, every time!
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Loss #Blessing #Divine

Each day is a day of decision, and our decisions determine our destiny.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Destiny #Decision #Each Day

Inner peace comes only as we maintain the integrity of truth in all aspects of our lives.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Integrity #Inner Peace #Aspect

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. 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.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Jesus #Moving #Mountain

Sweet serenity is found in fervent prayer. Then, we forget ourselves and remember the reaching hands of the Savior, who said, "Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." As our burdens are shared with Him, they do become lighter.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Sweet #Prayer #Hands

Some of the sweetest spirits are housed in frail frames. Great spiritual strength is often developed by those with physical challenges precisely because they are challenged. Such individuals are entitled to all the blessings that God has in store for His faithful and obedient children.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Spiritual #Children #Blessing

Remember: sin, even if legalized by man, is still sin in the eyes of God.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Eye #Men #Remember

There is mounting concern worldwide over the consumption of alcohol. The U.S. government estimates that 10.6 million adults are alcoholics and that one family in four is troubled by alcohol. It is a factor in half of all the nation's traffic deaths.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Government #Alcohol #Half

Our busy lives force us to focus on things we do from day to day. But the development of character comes only as we focus on who we really are.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Character #Focus #Development

An unprecedented wave of enthusiasm for missionary work is sweeping the entire earth. It is not man-made! It comes from the Lord, who said, “I will hasten my work in its time” (D&C 88:73).
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Men #Earth #Enthusiasm

Act by inspiration, motivated by love.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Inspiration #Motivated

From the holy scriptures, heaven-sent lift will be found for heaven-sent duties.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Heaven #Scripture #Holy

Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Religious #Responsibility #Sacred

Love for family and friends, great as it may be, is much more profound when anchored in the love of Jesus Christ. Parental love for children has more meaning here and hereafter because of Him. All loving relationships are elevated in Him. Love of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ provides the illumination, inspiration, and motivation to love others in a loftier way.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Jesus #Children #Motivation

Ask the missionaries, they can help you
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Helping

The Savior's way of life is good.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Life Is Good #Way #Life Is

Feelings of worth come when a woman follows the example of the Master. Her sense of infinite worth comes from her own Christlike yearning to reach out with love, as He does.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Self Esteem #Feelings #Example

No other work transcends that of righteous, intentional parenting.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Righteous

Recently I was tenderly hugging one of our precious little five-year-old granddaughters and said to her, "I love you, sweetheart." She responded rather blandly: "I know." I asked, "How do you know that I love you?" Because! You're my grandfather!
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Love #Years #Granddaughter

Unfinished business is our worst business. Perpetual procrastination must yield to perceptive preparation. Today we have a little more time to bless others-time to be kinder, more compassionate, quicker to thank and slower to scold, more generous in sharing, more gracious in caring.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Procrastination #Caring #Yield

Fasting gives you confidence to know that your spirit can master appetite . . . and helps to protect against later uncontrolled cravings and gnawing habits.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Giving #Fasting #Helping

Focusing on the Lord and everlasting life can help us not only at Christmas, but through all the challenges of mortality.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Challenges #Helping #Lord

Now is the time to align our goals with God's goals.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Goal

Integrity safeguards love, and love makes family life rich and zestful-now and forever.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Integrity #Forever #And Love

It matters not that giants of tribulation torment you. Your prayerful access to help is just as real as when David battled his Goliath. see 1 Samuel 17.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Real #Justice #Matter

How you deal with life’s trials is part of the development of your faith. Strength comes when you remember that you have a divine nature, an inheritance of infinite worth.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Trials #Development #Inheritance

To those who feel defeated and downtrodden, look to the early hours of the day for your rescue...Shadows of yesterday's grief melt in the rays of early morn's opportunity.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Grief #Opportunity #Yesterday

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity. You are never too young to learn, never too old to change. Your yearnings to learn and change come from a divinely instilled striving for eternal progression. Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Wise #Spiritual #Opportunity

When priorities are in place, one can more patiently tolerate unfinished business.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Priorities #Unfinished #Tolerate

Physical conditioning from regular exercise is important. And we can do so much more to keep our bodies strong.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Strong #Exercise #Important

A pivotal spiritual attribute is that of self-mastery-th e strength to place reason over appetite. Self-mastery builds a strong conscience. And your conscience determines your moral responses in difficult, tempting, and trying situations.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Spiritual #Strong #Self

As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Children #Father #Iron

In the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Desire #Influential #Individual

When priorities are proper, the power to endure is increased. And when internalized, those priorities will help keep you from "going overboard."
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Priorities #Helping #Overboard

Counting blessings is better than recounting problems
-- Russell M. Nelson

#Blessing #Problem #Counting