J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Quotes (6 Quotes)

That man has a spiritual body is evidenced by the account ... given in the writings of Moses that man was created spiritually in heaven before he was given a natural body.

Chastity is fundamental to civilization. If the race becomes unchaste, it will perish. Immorality has been basic to the destruction of mighty nations in the past. It will bring to dust the mighty nations of the present. You young people, may I directly entreat you to be chaste Please believe me when I say that chastity is worth more than life itself. This is the doctrine my parents taught me it is true. Better die chaste than live unchaste. The salvation of your very soul is concerned in this. I ask you to believe me whenever a man or woman, young or old, demands as the price of his friendship that you give up the righteous standards of your life, or any of them, that man's friendship is not worth the price he asks. You may not trust that friendship. He will cast it off as he does his worn out coat. Friendship is not now, and never was, the offspring of debauchery or unrighteousness. I ask you young women to believe me further when I say that any young man who demands your chastity as the price of his love is spiritually unclean, and is offering something that is not worth the purchase price. His love will turn to ashes under your touch it will lead you to misery and shame, and too often, it will curse you with dread disease.

We are met today in a general conference. Sometimes, I hear, the people feel, some of them, that perhaps we are not quite as 'peppy' as we ought to be. But this is not a Church convention. This is a general conference where we meet for general counsel and advice. It is a place to which we come for the results of the reflective operations of our minds.

It is the eternal, inescapable law that growth comes only from work and preparation, whether the growth be material, mental, or spiritual. Work has no substitute.

There is no royal road to any learning, no matter what it is. There is no royal road to any righteous living, no matter who you are or what you are. There is no royal road to anything that is worthwhile. Nothing that is deserving of earning or of cherishing comes except through hard work. I care not how much of a genius you may be, the rule will still hold.

Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift let us discard all covetousness and greed.