Henry B. Eyring Quotes

It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God.

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things.

Christ's flock is made up of sheep that not only listen to their shepherd, but are also able to recognize his voice, to follow him, faithfully and with full awareness, on the pastures of eternal life.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability.

If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men's, we will have self-esteem.

That I feel a desire, my friends, that we in this latter day of the world, in which light is fast spreading, that we should be willing to attend to those portions of the Scriptures of truth that direct us home to the foundation.

If Christians will obey the instructions given to them by Christ and his inspired apostles, they will adorn the religion of the Bible, and save themselves much perplexity and severe trials, which they attribute to their afflictions in consequence of believing unpopular truth.

Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.

God wants us to serve willingly and obediently.

Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.

Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.

God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.

The Lord delights to surprise us with His goodness, if only we will unlock the door of obedience with the key of faith - which He has given - and then push it open and walk through.

You cannot obey God without your obedience spilling out in a blessing to all those around you.

Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight.

By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.

Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.

A Mormon knows that the promises of God are true, and He said that all will be tried; realizing these things the Latter-day Saints will acknowledge their Maker not only in blessings but also in tribulations.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.

Why would anyone walk through life satisfied with the light from the candle of their own understanding when, by reaching out to our Heavenly Father, they could experience the bright sun of spiritual knowledge that would expand their minds with wisdom and fill their souls with joy?

We are to yield to the authority God has in place, and look to Him to find out what He would have us to do about those things that are concerning to us.