David E. Sorensen

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David E. Sorensen

David E. Sorensen is described in biographical records as an American mormon leader (1933–2014). The selections gathered here touch on attitude, obedience, trials. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.

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“Sometimes we find that even when we do our best to serve God, we still suffer. The key is to remember that faith and obedience are still the answers – even when things go wrong, perhaps especially when things go wrong.”

— David E. Sorensen

Biography at a glance

Profile: American mormon leader
Life: 1933–2014
Quotes in this collection: 4

Life and work

Biographical records connect David E. Sorensen with Brigham Young University and Utah State University. This collection includes 4 quotations credited to David E. Sorensen. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.

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Quotes by David E. Sorensen

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“Sometimes we find that even when we do our best to serve God, we still suffer. The key is to remember that faith and obedience are still the answers – even when things go wrong, perhaps especially when things go wrong.”

— David E. Sorensen

“In other words, prayers bring our desires and the desires of our Father into harmony, thus bringing us both the blessing we are seeking and also the blessing of greater unity with the Father. This practice is key to the collective and individual salvation of women and men.”

Ensign, May 1993, p. 30

— David E. Sorensen

“To do well does not mean everything will always turn out well. The key is to remember that faith and obedience are still the answers, even when things go wrong, perhaps especially when things go wrong.”

Faith Is the Answer

— David E. Sorensen

“Sometimes … we find that even when we do our best to serve the Lord, we still suffer. You may know someone who faces these most challenging of circumstances: consider the parent whose child becomes ill, for whom everyone prays and fasts with all their heart and soul, but who ultimately dies. Or the missionary who sacrifices to go on a mission, then develops a terrible illness that leaves him or her severely disabled or in chronic pain. … The key is to remember that faith and obedience are still the answers—even when things go wrong, perhaps especially when things go wrong.”

"Faith Is the Answer," Ensign, May 2005, 73

— David E. Sorensen