James E. Talmage Quotes

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Belief is in a sense passive, an agreement or acceptance only; faith is active and positive, embracing such reliance and confidence as will lead to works. Faith in Christ comprises belief in Him, combined with trust in Him. One cannot have faith without belief; yet he may believe and still lack faith. Faith is vivified, vitalized, living belief.

James E. Talmage
The world's greatest champion of woman and womanhood is Jesus the Christ.

James E. Talmage
Mere pleasure is at best but fleeting; happiness is abiding, for in the recollection thereof is renewed.

James E. Talmage
Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser altitudes; it was a passing from sunshine into shadow, from the effulgent glory of heaven to the mists of worldly passions and human unbelief; it was the beginning of His rapid descent into the valley of humiliation.

James E. Talmage
No jot, iota, or tittle of the temple rites is otherwise than uplifting and sanctifying. In every detail the endowment ceremony contributes to covenants of morality of life, consecration of person to high ideals, devotion to truth, patriotism to nation, and allegiance to God.

James E. Talmage
Belief, in one of its accepted senses, may consist in a merely intellectual assent, while faith implies such confidence and conviction as will impel to action.

James E. Talmage
Man cannot measure the bounds nor fathom the depths of divine forgiveness...

James E. Talmage
Mortal birth is a boon to which only those spirits who kept their first estate are eligible.

James E. Talmage