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Obey Jehovah's commandments, but follow Jesus' example. 

The Savior should be both our example and our hero. 

Study what Jesus did so you can know what he would do if he were you. 

Many righteous people have successfully followed the Savior's example and you can learn from them. 

One way we can be more like Jesus is to act righteously on behalf of others. 

"Agency" implies acting on behalf of another; proper exercise of our agency requires that we choose to faithfully serve the Lord by helping his children. 

While we can't match Jesus, we can do much good for many people. 

Endure to the end so you can retain a remission of your sins. 

The Lord's church will triumph in the end; you need to be a survivor, not a casualty, of that struggle.  

Cultural Mormonism is a bit of an acquired taste. 

In the eternities, no good deed goes unrewarded. 

Places and things can be holy if the people around them try their best to be holy. 

Show respect for all God's creatures and creations. 

Life is an integrated whole; there can be no secret, dark places in a righteous life. 

For an adult, maintaining child-like faith requires a big-person effort and the help of the Holy Ghost. 

A righteous person and his money are soon tithed. 

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you; perhaps do even better. 

When you see something nice, say so.

Live to serve.

Repentance doesn't necessarily remove the temporal consequences of sin.  

The poor may always be with us, but we must take the opportunity to help them while we can.    

There doesn't have to be a first time for everything, such as something you shouldn't do even once.  

Being active in the Church is totally worth it.

Don't seek to revise the Fathers plan; instead seek to understand and help implement that plan.

Keeping the commandments is not a negotiation, but rather a process of learning God's will and then striving to do it.

We should err on the side of generosity to others and of discipline of ourselves.

Hold off on the mysteries until you have completely mastered faith, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost, as well as faith, hope, charity, and love.

Get ready to welcome the Savior; quit nit-picking the brethren and leave Church history alone.

"Never" and "always" are good standards for our own conduct but poor standards for judging others.

Look for the good in others instead of in your own conduct.

People's names are important to them; treat them with respect.

Gravity - an important physical law but a poor attitude for life.

It is hard to view eternity from the vantage point of modernity.

Rejoice that the heavens are open and we have a prophet.

We need to be careful not to treat our church contributions as if they were medieval indulgences; when we sin, we still need to repent, no matter how much we have contributed.

Church history - a good place to get faith-promoting stories, but not a good place to hang your testimony.

Make good church history now.

"Virtuous, lovely, and of good report" is still the right standard for judging contemporary culture.

We need to become as comfortable with the idea of eternal progression as we are with mortal progression.

True religion doesn't conflict with any truth, be it science, politics, economics, ethics, or religion.

Religion is more important than politics; salvation is more important than situations.

The positions taken by the Church are not automatically binding on Church members, but they should be very persuasive; lets not forget who is behind those positions.

There is nothing inflexible or intolerant about keeping the commandments of God, or with teaching and exemplifying them in our lives.

You can't afford to be a bad example to anyone; everyone is important.

The Savior ministered to the less-fortunate, and so should we.

The Savior taught the learned and unrighteous, and so should we.

The Savior blessed his friends, and so should we.

As to guile, we should follow our children's example; as to obedience and integrity, we should set the example for them to follow.

We must not support irreligion with either our money or our social influence or our indifference.


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