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“Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a
different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.”
― Charles J. Sykes

“It is not possible to sin enough to be happy. It isn't possible to buy enough to be happy, or to entertain or indulge or pamper ourselves enough to be happy. It is not possible to hide enough or run far enough away from trials and troubles to be happy. Happiness and joy come only when we are living up to who we are...

I have never met anyone who was happier because he was immoral, or because he was addicted to something, or because he was dishonest and compromised his integrity. ”
― Sheri L. Dew, God Wants a Powerful People

“There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.”
― Sheri L. Dew, God Wants a Powerful People

“None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us.”
― Sheri Dew

“The last days are not for the faint of heart or the spiritually out of shape.”
― Sheri L. Dew, God Wants a Powerful People

“On those days when we're not ready to stop being offended, not ready to forgive, still determined to dish out the silent treatment, what we're actually saying is, "Thanks, but I don't want to become more like the Savior today. Maybe tomorrow, but not today." Perhaps those are the times when we need to pray the hardest, the times it becomes clear that a change in behavior is not enough--that we must have a change in nature.”
― Sheri L. Dew, Saying It Like It Is

“Am I the woman I think I am, the woman I want to be? More importantly, am I the woman the Savior needs me to be?
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― Sheri L. Dew

“These are the days in which a true leader wants to live. These are days when opportunities to change lives and even destinies are nearly endless. You are running the anchor leg of the relay because you were born to lead. You were born for glory.”
― Sheri Dew, No Doubt About It (Insightful Look at Founational Gospel Principles) [4 Audio CDs/4.5 Hrs.]