Top 100 James E. Faust Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.”

— James E. Faust

2. “Faith is the power, obedience is the price, love is the motive, the Spirit is the key and Christ is the reason.”

— James E. Faust

3. “Cheating in school is a form of self-deception. We go to school to learn. We cheat ourselves when we coast on the efforts and scholarship of someone else.”

— James E. Faust

4. “The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.”

— James E. Faust

5. “Adversity is the refiner’s fire that bends iron but tempers steel.”

— James E. Faust

6. “If you take each challenge one step at a time, with faith in every footstep, your strength and understanding will increase.”

— James E. Faust

7. “A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility.”

— James E. Faust

8. “Self-mastery is a challenge for every individual. Only we can control our appetites and passions. Self-mastery cannot be bought by money or fame. It is the ultimate test of our character. It requires climbing out of the deep valleys of our lives and scaling our own Mount Everests.”

— James E. Faust

9. “Listen to your parents. Be obedient to them whether you agree with them or not. They love you more than anyone else and have your best interests at heart.”

— James E. Faust

10. “The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous, and transcends heartbreak and disappointment.”

— James E. Faust

11. “A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.”

— James E. Faust

12. “Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don’t give up even when others say, It can’t be done.”

— James E. Faust

13. “To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character.”

— James E. Faust

14. “Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.”

— James E. Faust

15. “Some, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, have a hard time loving anyone, even themselves, because of their selfishness. Love seeks to give rather than to get. Charity towards and compassion for others is a way to overcome too much self-love.”

— James E. Faust

16. “There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.”

— James E. Faust

17. “Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.”

— James E. Faust

18. “Obedience is the path to freedom...”

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19. “Your criticism may be worse than the conduct you are trying to correct.”

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20. “Meetings don’t have to be endless to be eternal.”

— James E. Faust

21. “Some of our important choices have a time line. If we delay a decision, the opportunity is gone forever. Sometimes our doubts keep us from making a choice that involves change. Thus an opportunity may be missed.”

— James E. Faust

22. “In my opinion, the teaching, rearing, and training of children requires more intelligence, intuitive understanding, humility, strength, wisdom, spirituality, perseverance, and hard work than any other challenge we might have in life.”

— James E. Faust

23. “Look at everything through the lens of eternity. If you will do this, life will take on a different perspective.”

— James E. Faust

24. “A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.”

— James E. Faust

25. “Noble fatherhood gives us a glimpse of the divine attributes of our Father in Heaven.”

— James E. Faust

26. “You cannot convert people beyond your own conversion.”

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27. “The Holy Ghost is the greatest guarantor of inward peace in our unstable world.”

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28. “It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities.”

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29. “What are most people hungry for? I believe it is spiritual and moral leadership. Increases in technology, scientific inventions, and medical miracles have been marvelous and incredible. But we must use them properly to bring us joy, and that requires spiritual and moral leadership.”

— James E. Faust

30. “Our natural gifts and abilities are limited, but when augmented by inspiration and guidance of the Holy Ghost, our potential increases many fold.”

— James E. Faust

31. “Leadership is about three-fourths show-the-way and about one-fourth follow-up.”

— James E. Faust

32. “Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. It is a fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. An honorable man or woman will personally commit to live up to certain self-imposed expectations. They need no outside check or control. They are honorable in their inner core.”

— James E. Faust

33. “Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The reason for some of these trials cannot be readily understood except on the basis of faith and hope because there is often a larger purpose which we do not always understand. Peace comes through hope.”

— James E. Faust

34. “The only way to acquire spiritual knowledge and keep It burning brightly is to be humble, prayerful, and to strive diligently to keep all of the commandments.”

— James E. Faust

35. “We learn about tithing by paying it.”

— James E. Faust

36. “In addition to temples, surely another holy place on earth ought to be our homes. The feelings of holiness in my home prepared me for feelings of holiness in the temple.”

— James E. Faust

37. “Believing requires action.”

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38. “Integrity is the value we set on ourselves.”

— James E. Faust

39. “Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.”

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40. “There is only one Church, and the responsibility for missionary work is universal. ‘Every member a missionary.’”

— James E. Faust

41. “A husband should always try to treat his wife with the greatest courtesy and respect, holding her in the highest esteem. He should speak to her in a kind and a soft manner, showing his love by word and deed. As she feels this love and tenderness she will mirror it and return it tenfold.”

— James E. Faust

42. “If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.”

— James E. Faust

43. “We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.”

— James E. Faust

44. “We frequently find that the influence of good women is underrated. It is an influence that is often subtle but yet has tremendous consequences. One woman can make a great difference for a whole nation.”

— James E. Faust

45. “What are we doing to keep the light shining in our own eyes and countenances; Much of that light comes from our discipline dedication and consecration.”

— James E. Faust

46. “Making a wrong choice early may limit making the right choice later.”

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47. “You want to make your own decisions, but you ought to make those decisions with an eternal perspective.”

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48. “The dignity of self is greatly enhanced by looking upward in the search for holiness. Like the giant trees, we should reach up for the light. The most important source of light we can come to know is the gift of the Holy Ghost. It is the source of inner strength and peace.”

— James E. Faust

49. “We should ask ourselves; What are the Brethren saying? The living prophets can open the visions of eternity; they give counsel on how to overcome the world. We cannot know that counsel if we do not listen. We cannot receive the blessings we are promised if we do not follow the counsel given.”

— James E. Faust

50. “We perhaps need to snatch happiness in little pieces, learning to recognize the elements of happiness and then treasuring them while they last.”

— James E. Faust