Top 60 Sheri L. Dew Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.”

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2. “None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us.”

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3. “Noble and great. Courageous and determined. Faithful and fearless. That is who you are and who you have always been. And understanding it can change your life, because this knowledge carries a confidence that cannot be duplicated any other way.”

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4. “The most effective way to share the gospel is to live it. When we live like disciples of Christ should live, when we aren’t just good but happy to be good, others will be drawn to us.”

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5. “As daughters of our Heavenly Father, and as daughters of Eve, we are all mothers and we have always been mothers. And we each have the responsibility to love and help lead the rising generation.”

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6. “There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.”

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7. “There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.”

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8. “We no longer have the luxury of spending our energy on anything that does not lead us and our families to Christ.”

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9. “We are here to influence the world rather than to be influenced by the world.”

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10. “No amount of time in front of the mirror will make you as attractive as having the Holy Ghost with you.”

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11. “Satan has declared war on motherhood. He knows that those who rock the cradle can rock his earthly empire. And he knows that without righteous mothers loving and leading the next generation, the Kingdom of God will fail.”

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12. “No woman is a more vibrant instrument in the hands of the Lord than a woman of God who is thrilled to be who she is.”

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13. “The last days are not for the faint of heart or the spiritually out of shape.”

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14. “Few of us will reach our potential without the nurturing of both the mother who bore us and the mothers who bear with us.”

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15. “The only way that we may overcome the world is by coming unto Christ. And coming to Christ means walking away from the world.”

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16. “The Savior empowers us with His grace, not because we’ve earned it, but because He loves us perfectly.”

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17. “On those days when we’re not ready to stop being offended, not ready to forgive, still determined to dish out the silent treatment, what we’re actually saying is, “Thanks, but I don’t want to become more like the Savior today. Maybe tomorrow, but not today.” Perhaps those are the times when we need to pray the hardest, the times it becomes clear that a change in behavior is not enough – that we must have a change in nature.”

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18. “The healing power of charity, bestowed by our Father and made possible by the Atonement of Jesus Christ, can make it virtually impossible for us even to feel emotions common to the natural man.”

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19. “If you’re serious about sanctification, you can expect to experience heart-wrenching moments that try your faith, your endurance, and your patience.”

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20. “While life is meant to test, challenge, and strengthen us, if we are attempting to negotiate the twists and turns and ups and downs of mortality alone, we’re doing it all wrong. Mortality is a test, but it is an open book test. We have access not only to the divine text but to Him who authored it.”

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21. “Learning and receiving revelation must necessarily include both the heart and the mind, or thoughts, and feelings. Intellect alone cannot produce a testimony. You cannot think your way to conversion, because you cannot convince your mind of something your heart does not feel.”

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22. “The Lord has set no limits on what He is willing to teach us and give us. We are the only ones who set limits – through our neglect our disobedience or ignorance. We are in large measure the ones who determine what we will learn and experience in mortality, and what we will receive eternally.”

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23. “No woman who understands the gospel would ever think that any other work is more important or would ever say, “I am just a mother,” for mothers heal the souls of men.”

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24. “We’re not alone – at least, we’re alone only if we choose to be alone. We’re alone only if we choose to go through life relying solely on our own strength rather than learning to draw upon the power of God.”

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25. “It is possible to be clean in a dirty world.”

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26. “Growing spiritually and receiving answers to our questions depends upon our ability to feel, hear, and understand the whisperings of the Spirit. It is worth engaging in a spiritual wrestle to learn to receive personal revelation, because we can know what is true only when the Spirit bears witness to both our hearts and minds in the way only the Holy Ghost can.”

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27. “Enoch understood who he was and that he had a mission to perform. As we come to understand the same thing, we will feel greater purpose and more confidence living as women of God in a world that doesn’t celebrate women of God. We will cheer each other on rather than compete with each other, because we will be looking for validation from the Lord rather than from the world. And we will be willing to stand for truth, even when that means standing alone.”

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28. “I was raised on a farm in Kansas where we lived next door to my Grandma Dew, and I was her shadow. We went everywhere together – to the bank, the doctor, the Early Bird Garden Club, and to an endless procession of Church meetings.”

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29. “None of us are entitled to revelation without effort on our part. Answers from God don’t just magically appear. If we want to grow spiritually, the Lord expects us to ask questions and seek answers.”

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30. “For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.”

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31. “The gift of the Holy Ghost is a gift of power. The Holy Ghost inspires and heals, guides and warns, enhances our natural capacities, inspires charity and humility, makes us smarter than we are, strengthens us during trials, testifies of the Father and the Son, and shows us “all things” that we should do. He helps us do more and become more than we could ever do or become on our own.”

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32. “The Lord loves inspired questions asked in humility and faith because they lead to knowledge, to revelation, and to greater faith.”

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33. “Look to the Lord and not to the world for your ideas and ideals about men and women.”

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34. “I can’t imagine pain greater than stepping across the veil and realizing I had not done what I came here to do – or realizing that I had given up my life to little or nothing, only then to find that it was gone. p 3.”

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35. “Am I the woman I think I am, the woman I want to be? More importantly, am I the woman the Savior needs me to be?”

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36. “Faith is a principle of action. It is our willingness to believe in the Savior that unleashes His power in our lives. Faith is not a bulwark against tribulation, but an assurance that the Lord is overseeing all.”

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37. “No marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose.”

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38. “You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.”

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39. “Do you think there is any chance the Lord would have inspired his prophets to prophesy about us, only to then take a chance on the outcome of the latter days by sending men and women he couldn’t count on? There is no chance – zero chance – He would have done that.”

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40. “Think about what there is to learn from your heritage, good and bad, and about what you want to cultivate and not cultivate.”

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41. “Challenges that tax our faith are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help us.”

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42. “Looking up, which includes seeking a spiritual witness from God, is the only way to understand who we are. The world is utterly incapable of giving us an accurate view of ourselves.”

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43. “These are the days in which a true leader wants to live. These are days when opportunities to change lives and even destinies are nearly endless. You are running the anchor leg of the relay because you were born to lead. You were born for glory.”

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44. “The responsibilities, roles, and divinely endowed gifts of men and women differ in nature but not in quality, significance, or degree of importance, impact, or influence. Latter-day Saint doctrine places women equal to, and yet distinct and different from, men.”

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45. “Happily, though we must each walk through life on our own, we don’t have to do it alone.”

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46. “It is simply not for us to judge each other. The Lord has reserved that right for Himself, because only He knows our hearts and understands the varying circumstances and complexities of our lives.”

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47. “We don’t really know what we believe in or care about until what we believe in or care about is threatened, challenged, or measured.”

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48. “Because again, if Lucifer can make an aberration seem normal- or better yet, evil seem normal, he has made striking inroads.”

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49. “I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.”

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50. “Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.”

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