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David O. McKay
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In June of 1965, a group of brethren in the Physical Facilities Department of the Church was doing some work outside the Hotel Utah apartment of President David O. McKay. As President McKay stopped to explain to them the importance of the work in which they were engaged, he paused and told them the following: "Let me assure you, Brethren, that some day you will have a personal priesthood interview with the Savior, Himself. If you are interested, I will tell you the order in which He will ask you to account for your earthly responsibilities. "First, He will request an accountability report about your relationship with your wife. Have you been actively been engaged in making her happy and ensuring that her needs have been met as an individual? "Second, He will want an accountability report about each of your children individually. He will not attempt to have this for simply a family stewardship but will request information about your relationship to each and every child. "Third, He will want to know what you personally have done with the talents you were given in the pre-existence. "Fourth, He will want a summary of your activity in your Church assignments. He will not be necessarily interested in what assignments you have had, for in his eyes the home teacher and a mission president are probably equals, but He will request a summary of how you have been of service to your fellowmen in your Church assignments. "Fifth, He will have no interest in how you earned your living, but if you were honest in all your dealings. "Sixth, He will ask for an accountability on what you have done to contribute in a positive manner to your community, state, country and the world."
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Harold B. Lee
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Most men do not set priorities to guide them in allocating their time and most men forget that the first priority should be to maintain their own spiritual and physical strength; then comes their family; then the church; and then their professions.
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Mary Ellen Edmunds
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We don't put first things first to get them done and out of the way - we put them first because of the critical effect they have on everything that follows.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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...when we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the...demands on our time, the interest we pursue, and the order of our priorities.
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Mary Ellen Edmunds
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I'm often extremely busy, and yet I'm wasting time. How about you? Other times I can be relaxing, thinking and feeling, pondering - and I'm using time very, very well! I don't want to mistake busyness for being effective or using time well. More busyness is not evidence that I'm good at using my time.
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Mary Ellen Edmunds
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Somehow, when we do what God asks us to do, the best we can, keeping first things first, out time seems to come back to us, added upon and multiplied. It's a miracle.
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