Where Will It Lead? | Dallin H. Oaks | November 2004

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Even our small choices have great consequences. By asking ourselves where they lead, we can avoid tragedy and attain eternal blessings. Click here to see the speech page.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the classic speeches podcast presented by BYU Speeches, bringing you treasured talks from 70 years of BYU Devotionals.
0:09.5	Be sure to check out our other podcasts by searching BYU speeches wherever you get your podcasts, or by visitingspeches.BYU.edu slash podcasts.
0:22.2	This devotional address entitled, Where Will It Lead, was given on November 9th of
0:27.4	2004 by Dallin H. Oaks, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church
0:34.1	of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:36.7	Thank you, President Samuelson.
0:39.3	My dear brothers and sisters, students, teachers, and friends,
0:45.3	I'm glad to be here today. I love BYU and its people.
0:50.3	Provo is the city of my birth.
0:53.3	Many of the best years of my life have been spent on this campus,
0:57.0	15 years, counting my two years at B.Y High School on what was then the lower campus.
1:05.0	I graduated from BYU 50 years ago this last June.
1:10.0	It is obvious why it always thrills me to return to this campus.
1:16.4	Today I will speak about some lessons of life, hoping to help each of us, especially young people,
1:24.1	with some choices we all make along the road of life.
1:28.3	A good news, bad news story introduces my subject.
1:33.3	A pilot on the intercom gave his passengers this in-flight message.
1:39.3	I have good news and bad news.
1:41.3	The good news is that we're making good time.
1:45.5	The bad news is that we've had an equipment failure,
1:48.5	and we're not sure we're headed in the right direction.
1:54.2	The direction we are headed is critically important,
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