Henry B. Eyring Quotes

Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

To ascertain the Lord's will, we ought to use scriptural means. Prayer, the word of God, and His Spirit should be united together. We should go to the Lord repeatedly in prayer, and ask Him to teach us by His Spirit through His word.

It is my earnest desire to know the will of Providence in this matter. And if I can learn what is I will do it.

We spend a great deal of time telling God what we think should be done, and not enough time waiting in the stillness for God to tell us what to do.

I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him.

I desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman.

If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes.

I just live my life. I go where I feel God is calling me.

My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His will in my life.

God offers us counsel not just for our own safety, but for the safety of His other children, whom we should love. There are few comforts so sweet as to know that we have been an instrument in the hands of God in leading someone else to safety. That blessing generally requires the faith to follow counsel when it is hard to do.

Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion.

It's an exciting life. I don't know where God is leading us. I just know that He opens doors and He closes the doors, and it is always the best for us.

The Lord is anxious to lead us to the safety of higher ground, away from the path of physical and spiritual danger. His upward path will require us to climb.

I say a little prayer every time I see a race. I say a little prayer that the riders and the horses will be okay.

Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.

Receiving personal revelation is not a passive process. As we seek such revelations, we must prepare for these sacred experiences.

My life's goal is not to write books; my life's goal is to know God better today. The neat thing about a goal like that is you can achieve it. Faith is constant; it's a relationship.

I was afraid that if I surrendered my life over to God, God would tell me not to do those things that I desperately wanted to do.

I always say God doesn't need me, but I need Him in my life to survive in this world and over temptation. That's Who keeps me humble every time.

I believe we must seek God's will, never presuming to identify it with our own program or power.

Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Every time I start chasing my tail, and I'm trying to control all these elements of my universe, I pray, 'I'm not in control of any of this. I can just do the best I can. Please guide me. Please help me figure how I can move through this in the way You would have me.'

The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path.