With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.
Russell M. NelsonRead
I believe that in the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.
Interpretation
Personal motivation and belief play a greater role in education than formal institutions.
This quote emphasizes the importance of individual desire and personal faith in the learning process. It suggests that one's enthusiasm and inner belief are more potent and essential for educational success than the structures and faculties provided by educational institutions.
In practice
During a graduation speech to inspire students to follow their passions.
With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.
Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God.
Agency, or the power to choose, was ours as spirit children of our Creator before the world was. It is a gift from God, nearly as precious as life itself. Often, however, agency is misunderstood. While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequence of those choices. We are free to take drugs or not. But once we choose to use a habit-forming drug, we are bound to the consequences of that choice. Addiction surrenders later freedom to choose.
We live in a time of turmoil. Earthquakes and tsunamis wreak devastation, governments collapse, economic stresses are severe, the family is under attack,_x000D_ and divorce rates are rising. We have great cause for concern. But we do not need to let our fears displace our faith. We can combat those fears by strengthening our faith.
As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.
Each daughter of God is of infinite worth because of her divine mission.
We must be trained to clarify minds, heal broken hearts, and create homes where sunshine will make an environment in which mental and spiritual health may be nurtured. Our schooling must not only teach us how to bridge the Niagara River gorge, or the Golden Gate, but must teach us how to bridge the deep gaps of misunderstanding and hate and discord in the world.
Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice.
Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
We know from hard research that educated populations have lower growth rates, are more peaceful, and add to the global economy.
Instead of becoming a great shikari, as my mother and stepfather might have wished, I had become an incurable bookworm and was to remain one for the rest of my life.
It is not the task of the University to offer what society asks for, but to give what society needs.
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