Top 90 Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever. Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won’t, for He sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

52. “Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

53. “Oh, it is wonderful to know that our Heavenly Father loves us – even with all our flaws! His love is such that even should we give up on ourselves, He never will. We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever. Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won’t, for He sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

54. “The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

55. “Our Father in Heaven does not wish us to cower. He does not want us to wallow in our misery. He expects us to square our shoulders, roll up our sleeves, and overcome our challenges.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

56. “In life, you should seek the help you need. Do not depend on your own strength alone. You have never done all you can to finish a task until you have sought help from the Lord.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

57. “Perfection is worth striving for, even if it is ultimately unattainable in this life.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

58. “If you feel that Heavenly Father is not listening to your petitions, ask yourself if you are listening to the cries of the poor, the sick, the hungry, and the afflicted all around you.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

59. “Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

60. “Too many sit at the banquet table of the gospel of Jesus Christ and merely nibble at the feast placed before them. They go through the motions – attending their meetings perhaps, glancing at scriptures, repeating familiar prayers – but their hearts are far away.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

61. “Love is the greatest of all the commandments-all others hang upon it. It is our focus as followers of the living Christ. It is the one trait that, if developed, will most improve our lives.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

62. “All too often a family’s spending is governed more by their yearning than by their earning. They somehow believe that their life will be better if they surround themselves with an abundance of things. All too often all they are left with is avoidable anxiety and distress.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

63. “There is no limit to the potential of brethren working together in complete brotherhood and selflessness toward spiritual goals. The power of God working through such channels will bring unimaginable blessings to all concerned.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

64. “Many of the most important and life-changing moments of my life occurred when I was a young man. The lessons I learned then formed my character and shaped my destiny.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

65. “As you overcome adversity in your life, you will become stronger. Then you will be better able to help others -those who are working, in their turn, to find a safe harbor from the storms that rage about them.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

66. “Each person in the world is different and has their own beautiful sound in the symphony of life.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

67. “I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

68. “The impressions on the soul that comes from the Holy Ghost are far more significant than a vision. It is where the spirit speaks to spirit and the imprint upon the soul is far more difficult to erase.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

69. “Personal integrity implies such trustworthiness and incorruptibility that we are incapable of being false to a trust or covenant.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

70. “Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

71. “Please do not lose hope in the Savior and His love for you. It is constant. He promised that He would not leave us comfortless.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

72. “Most of us don’t mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn’t interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

73. “Lambs have little chance to follow the right path if the shepherds go astray.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

74. “Dates that come around every year help us measure progress in our lives. One annual event, New Year’s Day, is a time of reflection and resolution.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

75. “You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, ‘Why me?’”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

76. “As we look for humor, seek for the eternal perspective, understnd the principle of compensation, and draw near to our Heavenly Father, we can endure heardship and trial.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

77. “Brothers and sisters, if only we had more compassion for those who are different from us, it would lighten many of the problems and sorrows in the world today. It would certainly make our families and the Church a more hallowed and heavenly place.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

78. “A testimony of the truth of the gospel does not come the same way to all people. Some receive it in a unique, life-changing experience. Others gain a testimony slowly, almost imperceptibly until, one day, they simply know.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

79. “We are ever on the threshold of new journeys and new discoveries. Can you imagine the excitement of the Wright brothers on the morning of that first flight? The anticipation of Jonas Salk as he analyzed the data that demonstrated a way to prevent polio?”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

80. “Sometimes those who start out the slowest end up going the farthest.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

81. “Being true to one’s duty is a mark of true disciples of the Lord and the children of God. Be valiant in your duty. Stay in step. Do not fail in your most important task, that of keeping your second estate. Be true to your duty, for it will bring you to God.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

82. “Nephi taught that by clinging to the word of God, as though it be a handrail, we would be able to avoid temptations and not lose our way in darkness. Thus, we would remain on the narrow path.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

83. “Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

84. “As we give of our time, talents and resources to tend the needs of the sick, offer food to the hungry and teach the dependent to stand on their own, we enrich ourselves spiritually beyond our ability to comprehend.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

85. “I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with many wonderful people from many walks of life. I have known rich and poor, famous and modest, wise and otherwise.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

86. “The more we focus on the things we don’t have, the more unhappy and more resentful we become.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

87. “If television viewing choices serve as a valid measure of our society, they who choose evil surely are more numerous than they who choose good.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

88. “Let us strive for personal, practical integrity in every endeavor, regardless of how mundane or inconsequential it may seem.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

89. “The place to cure most of the ills of society is in the homes of the people.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

90. “Great sculptors and artists spend countless hours perfecting their talents. They don’t pick up a chisel or a brush and palette, expecting immediate perfection. They understand that they will make many errors as they learn, but they start with the basics, the key fundamentals first.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

91. “Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

92. “Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

93. “We should strive to develop within ourselves the traits of character of the Savior.”

— Joseph B. Wirthlin