Top 80 Dallin H. Oaks Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I say, choose faith. Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

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2. “Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

3. “Love is the most powerful force in the world.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

4. “We have to forego some good things in order to choose others that are better or best because they develop faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and strengthen our families.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

5. “Man’s laws cannot make moral what God has declared immoral.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

6. “When we have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we must have trust in him. We must trust him enough that we are content to accept his will, knowing that he knows what is best for us.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

7. “You can never get enough of what you don’t need, because what you don’t need won’t satisfy you.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

8. “Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

9. “Testimony is to know and to feel, Conversion is to do and to become.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

10. “Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

11. “The intensity of our desire to share the gospel is a great indicator of the extent of our personal conversion.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

12. “The healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ-whether it removes our burdens or strengthens us to endure and live with them like the Apostle Paul-is available for every affliction in mortality.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

13. “A good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

14. “The gospel of Jesus Christ is the brightest light and the only hope for this darkened world.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

15. “When we have a vision of what we can become, our desire and our power to act increase enormously.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

16. “In order to ask with real intent or to act with full purpose of heart, we must always make an accompanying commitment.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

17. “We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

18. “When we give thanks in all things, we see hardships and adversities in the context of the purpose of life.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

19. “It’s amazing how much you can get done if you don’t worry about who gets the credit.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

20. “Our lives of service and sacrifice are the most appropriate expressions of our commitment to serve the Master and our fellowmen.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

21. “Priesthood power blesses all of us. Priesthood keys direct women as well as men, and priesthood ordinances and priesthood authority pertain to women as well as men.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

22. “What does it mean to be true to the faith? That word true implies commitment, integrity, endurance, and courage.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

23. “I testify of our Savior, Jesus Christ, whose teachings and example we seek to follow. He invites all of us who are heavy laden to come unto Him, to learn of Him, to follow Him, and thus to find rest to our souls.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

24. “When we understand our relationship to God, we also understand our relationship to one another.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

25. “Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. In addition, it is our actions and our desires that cause us to become something, whether a true friend, a gifted teacher, or one who has qualified for eternal life.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

26. “The most powerful teaching of children is by the example of their parents.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

27. “Materialism, which gives priority to material needs and objects, is obviously the opposite of spirituality.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

28. “We are cast as combatants in the war between truth and error. There is no middle ground. We must stand up for truth, even while we practice tolerance and respect for beliefs and ideas different from our own and for the people who hold them.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

29. “Service is an imperative for those who worship Jesus Christ and a covenant obligation of those who belong to his Church.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

30. “Through the lens of spirituality, we see all the commandments of God as invitations to blessings.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

31. “It’s wrong to criticize leaders of the church, even if the criticism is true.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

32. “As children of God, knowing of His great love and His ultimate knowledge of what is best for our eternal welfare, we trust in Him. The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and faith means trust.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

33. “The purpose of the gospel is to transform common creatures into celestial citizens, and that requires change.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

34. “Most angelic communications are felt or heard rather than seen.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

35. “Service that is given with little or no thought of personal advantage is an ideal to pursue for a lifetime.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

36. “We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate for our inadequacies and repair our imperfections.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

37. “Healing blessings come in many ways, each suited to our individual needs, as known to Him who loves us best. Sometimes a ‘healing’ cures our illness or lifts our burden. But sometimes we are ‘healed’ by being given strength or understanding or patience to bear the burdens placed upon us.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

38. “The commandment to avoid contention applies to those who are right as well as those who are wrong.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

39. “Given love and opportunity, every child and adult can recover. All who know this and have the capacity to help others should assist as they can.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

40. “When all other hope is gone, our Father in Heaven provides the Lamb of God, and we are saved by his sacrifice.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

41. “There is not a right and a wrong answer to every question.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

42. “The church doesn’t seek apologies and we don’t give them.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

43. “Those who enjoy the blessings of liberty under a divinely inspired constitution should promote morality, and they should practice what the Founding Fathers called civic virtue.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

44. “The principles stated in the proclamation on the family are a beautiful expression of this gospel culture.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

45. “I believe many of us are overnourished on entertainment junk food and undernourished on the bread of life.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

46. “If you wish to marry well, inquire well.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

47. “The possession of wealth is not a mark of Heavenly favor and their absence is not evidence of Heavenly disfavor.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

48. “The greatest power God has given to His sons cannot be exercised without the companionship of one of his daughters, because only to his daughters has God given the power to be a creator of bodies so that God’s design and the great plan might meet fruition.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

49. “All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

50. “Having descended beneath it all, He is perfectly positioned to lift us.”

— Dallin H. Oaks