Russell M. Nelson Quotes

The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and privilege and one that carries with it equally great obligations and responsibilities.

We are under God's power, and we can do nothing but by the power of God, and woe shall hereafter be to us if we abuse this power.

Only God has rights. People have duties.

The power of the living God is here on the earth. The Priesthood is here.

It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.

Whereas the glory of Almighty God and the good of mankind is the reason and the end of government ... therefore government itself is a venerable ordinance of God

You are more noble in your wisdom. You are more awe inspiring in the dignity of your kingdom. The well-being of the churches of Christ rests on you alone.

In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis.

We must each walk through life on our own, but we don't have to do it alone. God wants a powerful people. He gives His power to those who are faithful. We have a sacred obligation to seek after the power of God and then to use that power as He directs. And when we have the power of God with us, nothing is impossible.

To understand the power of the priesthood, we must know its limitations.

The Word of God is active, energizing, sharp and powerful like a two-edged sword.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

You have to respect the existence of God. If He has given you the power to throw your weight around, then you mustn't misuse it.

In truth, I have done nothing alone. God has called me and has been my pilot. The Holy Spirit has been my comforter, my guide, and my power source.

And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth.

The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.

We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with.... Oh that God would make us dangerous!

There is nothing so important, so imperative, as the delivery of the divine message that has been entrusted to us.

We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.

There is not a single thing that Jesus cannot change, control, and conquer because he is the living Lord.

Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men.

Ponder the significance of the responsibility the Lord has given to us. The Lord has counseled, "Let the solemnities of eternity rest upon your minds." (D&C 43:34.) You cannot do that when your minds are preoccupied with the cares of the world.

Our government is a gift from God, who calls us to be good stewards of it.

The Devil fears the word of God, He can't bite it; it breaks his teeth.

The call of God does what the call of man cannot. It raises the dead.