James E. Faust Quotes

I value all things as nothing in comparison with having the spirit of God to guide me.

Repentance, prayer, and pondering over the scriptures are essential parts of our qualifying for the gifts of the Spirit in our priesthood service. Further magnification of our power to serve will come as we respond with faith to go forward in our callings with the Holy Ghost to help us.

You can see God from anywhere if your mind is set to love and obey Him.

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

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

Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.

With faith and obedience practiced long enough, the Holy Ghost becomes a constant companion, our natures change, and endurance becomes certain.

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

I'm living my life for an audience of one. I live my life to please God. And I believe if He's pleased, that people like my mother and my daddy, my grandparents, you know, my husband, my children, they'll be pleased.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.

As I got older, I got closer to my faith and I got closer to Jesus, reading the Bible and living my life under God.

Humble prayer to our Heavenly Father, in deep faith in Jesus Christ, is essential to qualify us for the companionship of the Holy Ghost.

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.

For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.

Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.

I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since.

Sacrifice is truly the crowning test of the gospel. Men are tried and tested in this mortal probation to see if they will put first in their lives the kingdom of God.

I am trying to get closer to God.

I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others.

Praying can make a difference, and it is up to all of us to try that, with faith, and see if it will not support these admirable troops, their spouses, and their families.

Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.

My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.