Inspirational Quotes by David O. McKay (American Mormon Religious Leader)

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
Topics: Work

What you think about when you don’t have to think, shows what you really are.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Learning

The first condition of happiness is a clear conscience.
—David O. McKay

All men who have moved the world have been men who would stand true to their conscience.
—David O. McKay

Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Anger

A man’s reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man’s character. In these reactions are revealed the man’s power to govern or his forced servility to yield.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Character

There is (a) spiritual strength derived from the subjecting of the physical appetite to the will of the individual. “He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than king”. If there were no other virtues in fasting but gaining strength of character, that alone would be sufficient justification for its universal acceptance.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Character

True Christianity is love in action.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Christianity

The most important of life’s battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Challenges, Conflict

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Purpose

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do. Not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our ability to do has increased.
—David O. McKay

As long as the day lasts, let’s give it all we got.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Perseverance

The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Home

No worldly success can compensate for failure in the home.
—David O. McKay
Topics: Home

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