Quotes

"It has been as though I have struggled up an almost real Mount of Transfiguration and upon occasion felt great strength and power in the presence of the Divine. A special sacred feeling has been a sustaining influence and often a close companion." — Marcus Faust, son, quoting President Faust

"Surely his almost storybook romance is among the sweetest in the annals of the church. Ruth Faust adored James E. Faust — everything he did and said, every act or deed or gesture melted her. He felt the same way about her, and they were 'melted.'" — Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

"There was no chink in his armor; there was no guile in his soul; there was no flaw in his character. President Faust loved the Lord with all his heart and soul and served him with all his might to the very end of his mortal life. and often a close companion." — President Thomas S. Monson

"His death was a terrible surprise. We miss him terribly. As we meet as a presidency I look to my right expecting to see him, and he is not there." — President Gordon B. Hinckley