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Chieko N. Okazaki Quotes

1926–2011 United States

Chieko Nishimura Okazaki (21 October 1926 – 1 August 2011) was an author, educator, and religious leader. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Okazaki was also the first person of color to serve on one of the church's general organization boards.

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This evil must be exposed before it can be repented of, and it must be repented of.

If you're doing the best you can, that's good enough.

I remember very clearly the point at which I made the choice to be a bridge builder.

I am not Japanese in my heart. If a Japanese submarine landed on our beach and Japanese soldiers came ashore, I would run away from them.

Hooray for differences! Without them, there would be no harmony. In principles, great clarity. In practices, great charity.

Have the spiritual independence to be a Mormon—the best Mormon you can—in your own way. Not the bishop's way. Not the Relief Society president's way. Your way.

I'm going to struggle. I have struggled. Christ struggled. When He died, He was struggling the most. Yet He is going to come in His perfection when He comes back the second time, and we can, too.

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