James E. Faust Quotes

It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church must unmask evil, rendering present the goodness of God, rendering present his truth, the truly infinite for which we are thirsty.

God is concerned with nations, but nations also need to be concerned with God. No nation can have a monopoly on God, but God will bless any nation whose people seek and honor His will as revealed by Christ and declared through the Holy Spirit.

For most people, the question why be good - as distinguished from merely law abiding - is a simple one. Because God commands it, because the Bible requires it, because good people go to Heaven and bad people go to Hell.

When Christians say God has been talking to them about something, it simply means they have a strong inner conviction or feeling that God has made His will known to them.

The law of God, and also the way to life, is written in our hearts: It lieth in no man's supposition and knowing, nor in any historical opinion, but in a good will and well-doing.

If any fail to govern by what God has revealed, those are the wrongdoers.

I follow my father's philosphy; 'Do what is good, do what is right, and God will take care of the rest.'

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

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.

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

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.

If something we think, see, hear, or do distances us from the Holy Ghost, then we should stop thinking, seeing, hearing, or doing that thing. If that which is intended to entertain, for example, alienates us from the Holy Spirit, then certainly that type of entertainment is not for us.

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

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

The priesthood of God is a shield. It is a shield against the evils of the world. That shield needs to be kept clean; otherwise, our vision of our purpose and the dangers around us will be limited.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

Very simply, our physical and spiritual safety lies in never even getting close to the line that separates light from dark, good from evil.

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.

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.

I believe God put that desire inside of all of us so that we can evaluate ourselves in the light of His Word in order to become all that He created us to be.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.