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Heber J. Grant Biography

Heber Jeddy Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14, 1945) was an American religious leader who served as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Grant worked as a bookkeeper and a cashier, then was called to be an LDS apostle on October 16, 1882, at age 25. After the death of Joseph F. Smith in late 1918, Grant served as LDS church president until his death.

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Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts.

Actual, Amount, Counts, Dream, Work

I believe unless we have ambition to accomplish things and to do things that we amount to but very little in the battle of life.

Believe, Ambition, Battle, Life, Unless

I consider it one of the greatest accomplishments of my life that I have learned to sing.

Accomplishment, Accomplishments, Greatest, Greatest Accomplishment, I Have Learned, Life

One can never tell what will be the result of faithful service rendered, nor do we know when it will come back to us or to those with whom we are associated. The reward may not come at the time, but in dividends later. I believe we will never lose anything in life by giving service, by making sacrifices, and doing the right thing.

Believe, Dividends, Giving, Sacrifice, Tell

There is no true Latter-day Saint who would not rather bury a son or a daughter than to have him or her lose his or her chastity - realizing that chastity is of more value than anything else in all the world.

Bury, Daughter, Lose, Saint, Son

The minute a man stops supplicating God for His Spirit and direction, just so soon he starts out to become a stranger to Him and His works. When men stop praying for God's Spirit, they place confidence in their own unaided reason, and they gradually lose the Spirit of God.

Become, Men, Praying, Spirit, Stranger, Unaided

The Church has been and now is unalterably opposed to gambling in any form whatever. It is opposed to any game of chance, occupation, or so-called business, which takes money from the person who may be possessed of it without giving value received in return. It is opposed to all practices the tendency of which is to encourage the spirit of reckless speculation, and particularly to that which tends to degrade or weaken the high moral standard which the members of the Church, and our community at large, have always maintained

Gambling, Games, Maintained, Money, Practice, Reckless

The first great commandment was to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, might, mind and strength; and the second was like unto it, to love our neighbor as ourselves. And the best way in the world to show our love for our neighbor is to go forth and proclaim the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, of which He has given us an absolute knowledge concerning its divinity.

Christ, Given, Heart, Jesus, Mind, Show

The birth of Christ our Lord was more than an incident, it was an epoch in the history of the world. . . He came to teach us the character of God, and by example and precept pointed out the path which, if we walk in it, will lead us back into his presence. He came to break the bands of death with which man was bound, and made possible the resurrection by which the grave is robbed of its victory and death of its sting.

Bands, Character, Christmas, Men, Presence, Robbed

In the quiet hours, in the heat of battle, and through the hazards of the day; in times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace and of blessing, let us pray always, both alone, and with our families gathered around us, with gratitude for the blessings of life, for understanding of its problems, and for strength to endure to the end.

Gratitude, Blessing, Temptation, Life, Strength, Quiet

The singing of the songs of Zion, though imperfectly, with the inspiration of God, will touch the hearts of the honest more effectively than if sung well without the Spirit of God.

Effectively, Imperfectly, Inspiration, Music, Song, Spirit

I am deeply interested in this work. I am anxious to encourage the people to press on in securing their genealogies and after doing so in laboring in our temples.

Encourage, Genealogy, Laboring, People, Temples

I have reached out my hand, I have plucked the fruits of the Gospel, I have eaten of them, and they are sweet, yea, above all that is sweet.

Fruit, Fruits, Gospel, Hands, Reached, Sweet

No matter in what land we may dwell the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ makes us brothers and sisters, interested in each other, eager to understand and know each other.

Brother, Christ, Interested, Jesus, Land

We do appeal to all men and women, realizing the responsibility resting upon them, to seek God our heavenly Father to guide them politically as well as religiously, and to stand for right and for those things that are for the good of this nation.

Father, Men, Nation, Religiously, Responsibility, Resting

I assert with confidence that the law of success, here and hereafter, is to have a humble and a prayerful heart, and to work, work, work.

Heart, Hereafter, Humble, Law, Success, Work

If you desire the spirit of God you must keep the commandments of God.

Commandments Of God, Desire, God, Keep, Spirit

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

Architect, Feels, Let, Man, Men, Proposes

I do not believe we accomplish very much in life unless we are enthusiastic, unless we are in earnest, and unless we practice what we preach.

Accomplish, Believe, Earnest, Practice, Preach

Every individual can improve from day to day, from year to year, and have greater capacity to do things as the years come and the years go.

Capacity, Come, Individual, Things, Years

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