Henry B. Eyring Quotes

God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already

Walking in the light means we pursue obedience and are honest about our remaining darkness.

Conversion is an enlarging, a deepening, and a broadening of the undergirding base of testimony. It is the result of revelation from God, accompanied by individual repentance, obedience, and diligence.

Every missionary who is proclaiming the name and gospel of Jesus Christ will be blessed by daily feasting from the Book of Mormon.

I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity.

According to God's word, everybody at some point is going to be given the opportunity to know the truth.

To receive all of the promised blessings, we must accept the gospel in faith and in full. However, this certain faith does not usually come all at once. We learn spiritually line upon line and precept upon precept.

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.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion.

If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him, all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit.

I think that the practice of religion allows one to discover emotional and psychological truth of a kind not available in the secular world.

If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right.

I mean to live my life as an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth.

The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.

In order to have a testimony, you have to have a test.

God not only loves the obedient - He enlightens them.

Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.

The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and one finds something new in it every day. For twenty-eight years, since I became a doctor, I have now constantly read and preached the Bible; and yet I have not exhausted it but find something new in it every day.

Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord. If we look only at ourselves, with our own limitations and sins, we quickly give way to sadness and discouragement. But if we keep our eyes fixed on the Lord, then our hearts are filled with hope, our minds are washed n the light of truth, and we come to know the fullness of the Gospel with all is promise and life.

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.

A deep sense of sin, a humble willingness to be saved in God's way, a teachable readiness to give up our own prejudices when a more excellent way is shown, these are the principal things. These things the two disciples possessed, and therefore our Lord "went with them" and guided them into all truth.

When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message.

Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God’s will.