{"author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland","total_quotes":14,"quotes":[{"text":"The Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion primarily because it is the most extended and definitive witness we have of the Lord Jesus Christ--of our Alpha and Omega, the Key Stone, the Chief Cornerstone of the eternal gospel. Christ is our salvation, and the Book of Mormon declares that message unequivocally to the world. In its message of faith in Christ, hope in Christ, and charity in Christ, the Book of Mormon is God's 'new covenant' to his children--for the last time.","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["book-of-mormon","jesus-christ"],"id":3108,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"},{"text":"I may not be my brothers keeper, but I am my brother's brother.","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["brother","brotherhood","charity","inspirational","lds","love","truth"],"id":41036,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"},{"text":"If we constantly focus only on the stones in our mortal path, we willalmost surely miss the beautiful flower or cool stream provided by theloving Father who outlined our journey. Each day can bring more joythan sorrow when our mortal and spiritual eyes are open to God'sgoodness. Joy in the gospel is not something that begins only in thenext life. It is our privilege now, this very day. We must never allowour burdens to obscure our blessings. There will always be moreblessings than burdens--even if some days it doesn't seem so. Jesussaid, 'I am come that they might have life, and that they might have itmore abundantly.' Enjoy those blessings right now. They are yours andalways will be.","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["inspirational"],"id":45353,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"},{"text":"...The words testament and covenant are virtually synonymous in their theological usage, the Latin definition of testamentum being 'a covenant with God, holy scripture.' Thus, the Old and New Testaments, as we commonly refer to them, are written testimonies or witnesses (the Latin testis meaning 'witness') of the covenants between God and man in various dispensations.","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["bible","book-of-mormon","covenants"],"id":131879,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"},{"text":"I would like to have a dollar for every person in a courtship who knew he or she had felt the guidance of the Lord in that relationship, had prayed about the experience enough to know it was the will of the Lord, knew they loved each other and enjoyed each other’s company, and saw a lifetime of wonderful compatibility ahead—only to panic, to get a brain cramp, to have total catatonic fear sweep over them. They ‘draw back,’ as Paul said, if not into perdition at least into marital paralysis. I am not saying you shouldn’t be very careful about something as significant and serious as marriage…Yes, there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been genuine illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good thing. If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it is right now. Don’t give up when the pressure mounts.","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["dating","lds","marriage"],"id":170639,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"},{"text":"If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived. (The Inconvenient Messiah, BYU Speeches, Feb 15, 1982).","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["adversity"],"id":207575,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"},{"text":"In that most burdensome moment of all human history, with blood appearing at every pore and an anguished cry upon His lips, Christ sought Him whom He had always sought—His Father. “Abba,” He cried, “Papa,” or from the lips of a younger child, “Daddy.” This is such a personal moment it almost seems a sacrilege to cite it. A Son in unrelieved pain, a Father His only true source of strength, both of them staying the course, making it through the night—together.","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["christ","inspirational","lds","religious"],"id":242533,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"},{"text":"Stay in the race. Keep running. Keep walking. Keep praying. The Lord will renew your strength.","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["peace","prayer","strength"],"id":260926,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"},{"text":"No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf).","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["optimism","pessimism"],"id":321705,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"},{"text":"Don't you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.","author":"Jeffrey R. Holland","tags":["blessings","faith","gospel","perserverance","religion","trust"],"id":395590,"author_id":"Jeffrey+R.+Holland"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}