David O. McKay
David O. McKay
David Oman McKaywas an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving from 1951 until his death. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was a general authority for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church history, except Eldred G. Smith...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 September 1873
CountryUnited States of America
The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can change human lives.
Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for nations.
Everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite.
The greatest spiritual blessing comes from helping another.
Well,’ you may ask, ‘how may I know when I am in love?’ . . . George Q. Morris [who later became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, gave this reply]: ‘My mother once said that if you meet a girl in whose presence you feel a desire to achieve, who inspires you to do your best, and to make the most of yourself, such a young woman is worthy of your love and is awakening love in your heart.
Thoughts that most frequently occupy the mind determine a man's course of action.
"We don't take sufficient time to meditate." I get up early in the morning...five o'clock, when my mind and spirit are clear and rested. Then I meditate...
To be carnally minded is to be spiritually dead
No other success [in life] can compensate for failure in the home.
In choosing a companion, it is necessary to study the disposition, the inheritance, and training of the one with whom you are contemplating making life’s journey.
When harmony, mutual consideration and trust pass out of the home, hell enters in.
The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.
As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, more appreciative of the good and the beautiful in the world, or we may choose the trashy, the vulgar, the obscene, which will make us feel as though we've been 'wallowing in the mire.
An essential virtue is humility. ... The principle of humility and prayer leads one to feel a need of divine guidance. Self-reliance is a virtue, but with it should go a consciousness of the need of superior help-a consciousness that as you walk firmly in the pathway of duty, there is a possibility of your making a misstep; and with that consciousness is a prayer, a pleading that God will inspire you to avoid that false step