David O. McKay
"True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character."
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"True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character."
"إن التعليم الحقيقي لا يقتصر على اكتساب بضع حقائق من العلم أو التاريخ أو الأدب أو الفن، بل يكمن في صقل الشخصية وتنميتها."
David O. McKay
"Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give."
"حرية الاختيار أثمن من كل ما تجود به الأرض من كنوز."
David O. McKay
"Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry."
"لَوِ اسْتَطَعْتُ لَغَرَسْتُ فِي رُوحِ كُلِّ طَالِبٍ حَمَاسَةَ بَاتْرِيك هِنْرِي الوَطَنِيَّةَ."
David O. McKay
"Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men."
"لن يعمّ السعادة والسلام الأرض إلا حين يتغلغل نور الحب والرحمة الإنسانية في أرواح البشر."
David O. McKay
"Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!"
David O. McKay
"Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man."
David O. McKay
"The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul."
David O. McKay
"The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration. Real life is response to the best within us. To be alive only to appetite, pleasure, pride, money-making, and not to goodness and kindness, purity and love, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God and eternal hopes, is to deprive one's self of the real joy of living."
David O. McKay
"As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, more appreciative of the good and the beautiful in the world, or we may choose the trashy, the vulgar, the obscene, which will make us feel as though we've been 'wallowing in the mire."
David O. McKay
"True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character."
David O. McKay
"The home is the first and most effective place to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, self control, the value of education, honest work, and the purpose and privilege of life. Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children, and no other success can compensate for failure in the home."
David O. McKay
"The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature."
David O. McKay
"Well,’ you may ask, ‘how may I know when I am in love?’. . . George Q. Morris [who later became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, gave this reply]: ‘My mother once said that if you meet a girl in whose presence you feel a desire to achieve, who inspires you to do your best, and to make the most of yourself, such a young woman is worthy of your love and is awakening love in your heart."
David O. McKay
"Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite. . . . There is something within him which urges him to rise above himself, to control his environment, to master the body and all things physical and live in a higher and more beautiful world."
David O. McKay
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