Heber J. Grant Quotes

Why does the Church grow and flourish? It does so because of divine direction to the leaders and members.

Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church.

Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams.

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.

God has ordered poets to be the fiery pillars and so to lead the wandering people into Canaan’s promised land.

I believe that in this way the teacher always is the prophet of the true God and the usherer in of the true kingdom of God.

I feel like God blessed me to be successful and to have a couple of more things that a lot of people of where I come from didn't have or didn't see, but it ain't always about me. It's about empowering the next generation so that's what I love doing.

In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God.

I promise you that, with increased attendance in the temples of our God, you shall receive increased personal revelation to bless your life as you bless those who have died

[at CMC West Coast 2011, on 1 Samuel 14] If just a few of you would step up and be like Jonathan ... as you step out in faith, you know what's going to happen? There'll be people like Saul who'll say, "God's doing something through that guy, God's doing something through that girl. I want to be a part of that.

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have whatever you desire.

The living Lord leads His living church.

Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, the Immaculate, Almighty Lord God, meeting Him, I meditate on the Name of the Lord.

When you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus.

We must be willing to be guided of God, not merely now and then, but as a life proposition.

If you're a leader, it's important to set aside time to quiet yourself and listen for God's direction.

When I stand up to talk, people listen to me; they will follow what I have to say. Is it any power of mine? Of course not. St. Paul says, 'What have you that you have not received and you who have received, why do you glory as if you had not?' But the secret of my power is that I have never in fifty-five years missed spending an hour in the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. That's where the power comes from. That's where sermons are born. That's where every good thought is conceived.

Be sure that those in whom you trust are led by God each day

O God, how easily I make them happy! Give me strength to be always the light of their lives and so lead them to You!

Never base your faith on your feelings. Base it on God's Word.

Under grace, God is the blesser and you, the blessed. Can you simply take your place?

This is the Church of Jesus Christ, and He leads it. No assignment in it need ever overwhelm you if you know that and listen for the Master's voice.

For centuries, dreams have been used to communicate instruction and direction to people of purpose - great men and women. God used dreams to prepare Joseph for his future as a leader of nations. He gave battle plans to Gideon in a dream. Joan of Arc, Jacob, George Washington, Marie Curie, and the apostle Paul were all guided by their dreams.

Seek to know God in your closets, call upon him in the fields. Follow the directions of the Book of Mormon, and pray over, and for your families, your cattle, your flocks, your herds, your corn, and all things that you possess [see Alma 34:18-27]; ask the blessing of God upon all your labors, and everything that you engage in.

God is so good. Always follow your dreams, own your Purpose! Embrace God's Anointing