Quotes about "Leadership & Influence"

I have bad vision, but it's not distorted. It's low power! ”

The Palestinian Authority refuses on an ongoing basis to take the necessary steps to prevent terrorists from getting into Israel. ”

My first influence obviously was Picasso. ”

I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence. ”

I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman. ”

The saving ordinance of baptism must be administered by one who has proper authority from God. ”

Worldly influences would hinder use of our agency afforded through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. But we are agents who can act, and that affects everything in terms of how we live the gospel in our daily lives. It affects how we pray, how we study the scriptures, how we worship at church. ”

Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation. ”

Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of Jesus Christ, both anciently and today, is His authority. There can be no true Church without divine authority. ”

Revelations are conveyed in a variety of ways, including, for example, dreams, visions, conversations with heavenly messengers, and inspiration. Some revelations are received immediately and intensely; some are recognized gradually and subtly. ”