Elder Henry B. Eyring

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Elder Henry B. Eyring

Elder Henry B. Eyring is described in biographical records as an American religious leader (born 1933) (born 1933). The selections gathered here touch on family, general conference 2019, parenting. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.

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“When you were baptized, your ancestors looked down on you with hope. Perhaps after centuries, they rejoiced to see one of their descendants make a covenant to find them and to offer them freedom. In your reunion, you will see in their eyes either gratitude or terrible disappointment. Their hearts are bound to you. Their hope is in your hands. You will have more than your own strength as you choose to labor on to find them.”

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

Biography at a glance

Profile: American religious leader (born 1933)
Life: born 1933
Quotes in this collection: 34

Life and work

Biographical records connect Elder Henry B. Eyring with Harvard Business School and Harvard University. This collection includes 34 quotations credited to Elder Henry B. Eyring. 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 Elder Henry B. Eyring

34 quotes

“Why should this matter so much to each of us—young or old, deacon or high priest, son or father? It is because our priesthood obligation is to put our families and the families of those around us at the center of our concern. Every major decision should be based on the effect it will have on a family to qualify for life with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. There is nothing in our priesthood service as important as this.”

Eternal Families

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

You remember President Nelson’s perfect description of a woman’s divine mission—including her mission of mothering: “As mother, teacher, or nurturing Saint, she molds living clay to the shape of her hopes. In partnership with God, her divine mission is to help spirits live and souls be lifted. This is the measure of her creation.”

Covenant Women in Partnership with God

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

“Carrying a grudge is a heavy burden. As you forgive, you will feel the joy of being forgiven.”

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

“Every person is different and has a different contribution to make. No one is destined to fail. As you seek revelation to see gifts God sees in those you lead in the priesthood—particularly the young—you will be blessed to lift their sights to the service they can perform.”

Help Them Aim High, Conference October 2012

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

Many are praying to Heavenly Father for relief, for help in carrying their burdens of grief, loneliness, and fear. Heavenly Father hears those prayers and understands their needs. He and His Beloved Son, the resurrected Jesus Christ, have promised help.

The Comforter

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

“Our own abilities, however great, will not be enough. But that realistic view of our limitations creates a humility which can lead to dependence on the Spirit and thus to power.”

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

“Our Heavenly Father knows us and our circumstances and even what faces us in the future. . . . He has perfect understanding of the feelings, the suffering, the trials, and the needs of every individual.”

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

“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.”

“Safety in Counsel,” Liahona, June 2008, pp. 2-7

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

“From the day of baptism through the spiritual milestones of our lives we make promises with God and He makes promises with us. He always keeps His promises offered through His authorized servants, but it is the crucial test of our lives to see if we will make and keep our covenants with Him.”

Ensign, November 1996

— Elder Henry B. Eyring

“And so the remembrance King Benjamin urged upon us can be ours. Remembrance is the seed of gratitude which is the seed of generosity. Gratitude for the remission of sins is the seed of charity, the pure love of Christ. And so God has made possible for you and me this blessing, a change in our very natures: “And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of heart; and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with God.” (Moro. 8:26.)”

“Remembrance and Gratitude”

— Elder Henry B. Eyring