If only I'd realized earlier that it never pays to fight evil with evil. But after watching my father die, I'd been consumed with bitterness and had allowed it to lead me astray from what was righteous and pleasing to God.

Jody Hedlund
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When the Apostle Paul was being persecuted by the Jews, he did not respond with anger or vengeance. He had chosen to turn the other cheek. When the Apostle Peter was arrested by the Romans, he did not fight back. He knew violence was not an option. The great Nephi of the Book of Mormon also chose not to fight back when wickedness approached him.

Source: A Daring Sacrifice

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