“Now, where a man in this church says, 'I don't want but one wife, I will live my religion with one,' he will perhaps be saved in the Celestial kingdom; but when he gets there he will not find himself in possession of any wife at all. He has had a talent that he has hid up. He will come forward and say, 'Here is that which thou gavest me, I have not wasted it, and here is the one talent,' and he will not enjoy it but it will be taken and given to those who have improved the talents they received, and he will find himself without any wife, and he will remain single forever and ever.” MenWantGivenEnjoyChurchForeverTakenWifeTalentPossessionSavedKingdomsCelestial Author:Brigham Young
“Have you not observed that there is a lower kind of discretion and regularity, which seldom fails of raising men to the highest station in the court, the church, and the law?” MenKindLawChurchFailingTalentHighestCourtStationsDiscretionRegularity Book:Epistolary correspondence. Letters from August 1714, to September 1724 Source: Epistolary correspondence. Letters from August 1714, to September 1724
“The Church and the world and women are crying for men, men who are developing their capacity and talents, who are willing to work and make sacrifices, who will help others achieve happiness and salvation.” MenWorldHelpingChurchSacrificeAchieveTalentCryWillingCapacitySalvationHelping OthersDeveloping Author:D. Todd Christofferson
“I know the celestial criteria measure service, not status; the use of our talents, not the relative size of our talent inventories. I know that Church membership is not passive security but continuing opportunity.” KnowsUseOpportunityChurchTalentSecuritySizeRelativePassiveContinuingCriteriaCelestialMembershipInventoryChurch Membership Author:Neal A. Maxwell
“My father has a beautiful, beautiful voice. His father was a pastor of a church. He sang in church. My mother sang in a church choir. I can take no credit for my vocal talent, because, both my father, and mother have beautiful, beautiful voices.” I CanBeautifulMotherFatherVoiceChurchTalentCreditPastorVocalChoirBeautiful VoiceChurch Choir Author:Deniece Williams
“Because I know that the early Greeks and Romans and the early Europeans at that age did not see racism as we see it now - because racism was created to justify slavery to build the capital for capitalism - and back in the day they respected talent over race. We had an African Pope in the late 5th century, we had an African Emperor of Rome, and early church Fathers were black.” KnowsAgeFatherBlackChurchRaceCenturyTalentLateRacismCapitalismSlaveryGreekJustifyRomePopeEmperorBack In The DayChurch Fathers Author:Immortal Technique