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Hartman Rector Jr. (born August 20, 1924) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1968. He was one of the first adult converts to the LDS Church to become a general authority during the second half of the 20th century. Rector served as a member of the First Council of the Seventy from 1968 to 1976 and as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1976 to 1994.

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The Lord requires sacrifice, meaning something above and beyond the minimum. The Master spoke of the "second mile" and told us to go there. Why? Because he wants to bless us, and he put all the blessings in the second mile.

Blessing, Blessings, Meaning Something, Requires, Sacrifice, Told

If you are worshipping false gods-such as football, baseball, gold, tennis, or money or technology or automobiles or houses or gold or silver-and you can tell what a man worships by what he does on Sunday-repent and start worshipping the true and living God, the maker of heaven and earth and all things that in them are.

Baseball, Football, Heaven, Life, Living, Worships

Mortality is, in reality, a very, very short period. It is literally a snap of the fingers compared to an eternity. It is so short that we can do it. We can prevail. Why, you can stand your foot in a vise for a while if you know it's going to be released soon. Yes, earthly probation is short compared to eternity, but so very much is riding on how we handle the trials and temptations of the flesh.

Art, Feet, Fingers, Reality, Riding

Generally speaking, "an eye single to the glory of God" means sacrifice. It means that instead of endlessly doing what we want to do, we have to do what the Lord wants us to do, but we have to do it in his way when he wants us to do it.

Eye, God, Instead, Lord, Mean, Sacrifice

I personally believe that the writing of personal and family histories will do more to turn the hearts of the children to the fathers and the fathers to children than almost anything we can do

Believe, Children, Father, Fathers, Personally

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.

Different, Everyone, Except, Self Esteem, Sick, Weirdest

The optimist, as you probably know, is a person who, when he wears out his shoes, just figures he's back on his feet.

Attitude, Feet, Person, Shoes, Wears

Once baptized, we then receive the Holy Ghost, a special gift from God, which is priceless beyond expression. The Holy Ghost bears witness of the Father and the Son and guides us to all truth and comforts us and gives us peace for the rest of our lives.

Life, Peace, Receive, Special, Truth

Surely, in the work of the Lord, it is what we do after we think we have done enough that really counts with him, for that's when the blessings flow.

Blessing, Blessings, Counts, Enough, Thinking, Work

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