Quotes by Joseph B. Wirthlin

About Joseph B. Wirthlin:

Joseph Bitner Wirthlin was an American businessman, religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was sustained to the Twelve on October 4, 1986, and ordained an apostle on October 9, 1986, by Thomas S. Monson. He became an apostle following the death of church president Spencer W. Kimball. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Wirthlin was accepted by the church membership as a prophet, seer, and revelator.
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Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

There is no limit to the potential of brethren working together in complete brotherhood and selflessness toward spiritual goals. The power of God working through such channels will bring unimaginable blessings to all concerned.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The sweet companionship of eternal marriage is one of the greatest blessings God has granted to His children.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross... It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

When we are baptized and confirmed, when brethren are ordained to the priesthood, when we go to the temple and receive our endowment, when we enter into the new and everlasting covenant of eternal marriage - in all these sacred ordinances, we make so...

Joseph B. Wirthlin

God truly is our Father, the Father of the spirits of all mankind. We are his literal offspring and are formed in his image. We have inherited divine characteristics from him.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Anything that does not draw us closer to God takes us away from Him.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Expressions of solemn testimony have long been important to the children of God upon the earth.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

God wants us to serve willingly and obediently.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Prophets have no other purpose, no other mission except to serve God.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Knowledge is very important and one of the few things that accompanies us into the next life.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The word 'seek' means to go in search of, try to discover, try to acquire. It requires an active, assertive approach to life.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The ideal course of life is not always easy.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Some pass their days as though suffering a deep sadness they cannot name. Others are unhappy because life didn't turn out the way they thought it would.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

In some respects, progressing through life is like running a marathon.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Life will continue on the other side of the veil.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Integrity, a firm adherence to the highest moral and ethical standards, is essential to the life of a true Latter-day Saint.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Author Bio

  • NameJoseph B. Wirthlin
  • DescriptionApostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • BornJune 11, 1917
  • DiedDecember 1, 2008