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The money expended for liquor and tobacco is the difference between a young man making a success in life and making a failure.

— Heber J. Grant

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May we be strengthened with the understanding that being blessed does not mean that we shall always be spared all the disappointments and difficulties of life.

Grant (1945)

We will all be blessed of the Lord if we have this same spirit and realize that no obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.

Grant (1897)

No matter in what land we may dwell the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ makes us brothers and sisters, interested in each other, eager to understand and know each other.

Grant (1932)

That which we persist in doing becomes easy to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do has increased.

to Grant in: Fred G. Taylor (1944)

There is a still small voice telling us what is right, and if we listen to that still small voice we shall grow and increase in strength and power, in testimony and in ability not only to live the gospel but to inspire others to do so.

Grant (1937)

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