He coached them from the bed and said, 'I don't care if we win a game this year I want you to stay spiritually pure, glorify God and have fun,' ... And that's coming from a very competitive guy.
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'Mormonism' has made me all I am and the grace, the power, and the wisdom of God will make me all that I ever will be, either in time or in eternity.
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Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.
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All we have to do is to go onward and upward, and keep the commandments of our Father and God and he will confound our enemies.
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I never cared but for one thing, and that is, simply to know that I am right before my Father in Heaven. If I am this moment, this day doing the things God requires of my hands, and precisely where my Father in Heaven wants me to be, I care no more about tomorrow than though it would never come.
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