O. Leslie Stone quotes

O. Leslie Stone quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Many of our problems are blessings in disguise.”
-- O. Leslie Stone

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“The constant exercise of our faith by lofty thinking, prayer, devotion, and acts of righteousness is just as essential to spiritual health as physical exercise is to the health of the body. Like all priceless things, faith, if lost, is hard to regain. Eternal vigilance is the price of our faith. In order to retain our faith we must keep ourselves in tune with our Heavenly Father by living in accordance with the principles and ordinances of the gospel.”
-- O. Leslie Stone

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“Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be left to the mercy of things that matter the least.”
-- O. Leslie Stone

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“We cannot have faith without belief, but we can believe without having faith. Belief is the foundation of faith. Faith is trusting in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The scriptures contain many assurances of salvation to those who exercise faith and obey the commandments... Faith is the motivating force that impels action.”
-- O. Leslie Stone

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“Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.”
“Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.”
“Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.”
“Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.”
“Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit.”

Source : Ethel Alec-Tweedie, Mrs Alec-Tweedie (1904). “Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins”
“One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.”
“The science of anti-Semitism has as its object Judaism as a social problem, being thus, necessarily, the synthesis of all sciences that can contribute to its solution.”

Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.
“I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.”
“The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads.”
“I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.”

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