There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement would be impossibly expensive and burdensome. This approach leads to diminished freedom for everyone...In the end, it is only an internal moral compass in each individual that can effectively deal with the root causes as well as the symptoms of societal decay. Societies will struggle in vain to establish the common good until sin is denounced as sin and moral discipline takes its place in the pantheon of civic virtues.
Everyone has gifts; everyone can contribute. - D. Todd Christofferson
Everyone has gifts; everyone can contribute.
- D. Todd Christofferson
Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard. - D. Todd Christofferson
Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard.
Freedom comes not from resisting truth, but from applying it. - D. Todd Christofferson
Freedom comes not from resisting truth, but from applying it.
The greatest service we can provide to others in this life, beginning with those of our own family, is to bring them to Christ. - D. Todd Christofferson
The greatest service we can provide to others in this life, beginning with those of our own family, is to bring them to Christ.
Keep going and the Lord will help you. - D. Todd Christofferson
Keep going and the Lord will help you.
We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter… - D. Todd Christofferson
We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter…
True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to … - D. Todd Christofferson
True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to …
Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one … - D. Todd Christofferson
Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one …
There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement would be impossib… - D. Todd Christofferson
There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement would be impossib…
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