It is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions.
Dieter F. UchtdorfRead
Commandments and covenants of God are like navigational instructions from celestial heights and will lead us safely to our eternal destination. It is one of beauty and glory beyond understanding. It is worth the effort. It is worth making decisive corrections now and then staying on course.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the guiding nature of divine principles in our lives, suggesting they lead to a profound and beautiful destination.
In this quote, Dieter F. Uchtdorf compares the commandments and covenants of God to navigational aids that help individuals find their way through life towards a magnificent and incomprehensible eternal destiny. He underscores the importance of diligently adhering to these principles, making necessary adjustments in our lives to stay aligned with this guiding path, and affirms that the journey is valuable and rewarding despite the challenges it may entail.
Themes
GuidanceDivinePurposeDestinationAdjustments
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon about the importance of faith, mentioning this quote can emphasize the value of following spiritual guidance.
More from Dieter F. Uchtdorf
All quotes →Absolute truth is not dependent upon public opinion or popularity. Now what is this truth? It is His gospel. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Dieter F. UchtdorfRead
We have a choice. We can seek for the bad in others. Or we can make peace and work to extend to others the understanding, fairness, and forgiveness we so desperately desire for ourselves. It is our choice; for whatever we seek, that we will certainly find.
Dieter F. UchtdorfRead
There are few things that have filled me with such breathless awe as flying in the black of night across oceans and continents and looking out my cockpit window upon the infinite glory of millions of stars.
Dieter F. UchtdorfRead
No, God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how we need to love God! For what we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are - and who we will become.
Dieter F. UchtdorfRead
Heavenly Father is constantly raining blessings upon us, but it is our fear, doubt, and sin that, like an umbrella, block these blessings from reaching us.
Dieter F. UchtdorfRead
Similar quotes
She supposed that houses, after all - like the lives that were lived in them - were mostly made of space. It was the spaces, in fact, which counted, rather than the bricks.
Sarah WatersRead
The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.
Soren KierkegaardRead
Purity of mind and conduct is the first glory of a woman.
Madame De StaelRead
The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
Seneca The YoungerRead
…gender is not sane. It's not sane to call a rainbow black and white.
Kate BornsteinRead
There are two worlds out there - two Americas out there. If you're a white person, there's one way of being a citizen in our country, and if you're a brown or a black body, there's another way of being a citizen, and that way is very close to death. It's very close to the loss of your life.
Claudia RankineRead