Rights are best guarded when each person and group guards for others those rights they wish guarded for themselves.
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Whatever your struggle, my brothers and sisters-mental or emotional or physical or otherwise-do not vote against the preciousness of life by ending it!
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote encourages individuals to value life despite their struggles and to avoid taking drastic actions that end it.
Jeffrey R. Holland emphasizes the importance of recognizing the value of life, especially during difficult times. He urges people, regardless of their challenges—be they mental, emotional, or physical—not to choose to end their lives, asserting that life is precious and worth living despite its hardships.
Themes
LifeStruggleCourageHopeValueExistence
In practice
Example use cases
During a mental health awareness event, you could use this quote to encourage those struggling to seek help and appreciate life.
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Maybe the purchasing and the making and the wrapping and the decorating - those delightfully generous and important expressions of our love at Christmas - should be separated, if only slightly, from the more quiet, personal moments when we consider the meaning of the Baby (and his birth) who prompts the giving of such gifts.
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Don't you quit! You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help & happiness ahead.
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Brothers and sisters, this is a divine work in process, with the manifestations and blessings of it abounding in every direction, so please don’t hyperventilate if from time to time issues arise that need to be examined, understood, and resolved. They do and they will. In this Church, what we know will always trump what we do not know. And remember, in this world, everyone is to walk by faith.
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