Explore Quotes by Joseph B. Wirthlin

Often what passes for faith in this world is little more than gullibility.

Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.

Marathon runners set explicit goals.

Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would be offended at the suggestion.

Often, parents feel overwhelmed. Many must accomplish the whole job single-handedly while bearing all of the emotional pain of divorce.

If Satan can weaken or destroy the loving relationships among members of families, he can cause more misery and more unhappiness for more people than he could in any other way.

All evils to which so many become addicted begin in the mind and in the way one thinks.

Many of us enjoy going to ball games and watching them on television. I am no exception. I love to watch a good athletic contest. If we spend excessive time with sporting events, however, we may neglect things that are much more important.

You can get people to work by using threats or by promising rewards.

Though we live in the world, we must not be of the world.

Joining a new church and starting a new life is never easy and often frightening.

Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not stand up in a heavy wind because they are not well anchored.

Integrity, a firm adherence to the highest moral and ethical standards, is essential to the life of a true Latter-day Saint.

Having received the Spirit of Christ to know good from evil, we should always choose the good.

We can easily get our lives out of balance.

Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.

Some carry the burden of bitterness and resentfulness for many years.

Every day carries with it a responsibility.

We are all busy. It's easy to find excuses for not reaching out to others, but I imagine they will sound as hollow to our Heavenly Father as the elementary school boy who gave his teacher a note asking that he be excused from school March 30th through the 34th.

God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.

The next time you're tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead.