one cannot conceive of a parent's not being interested in everything that pertains to his children: their physical, mental, moral and spiritual health, and happiness. and one cannot conceive of the Father of us all not being interested in everything that pertains to His children-Richard L Evans

there is no point in quaking with the impact of every hour. we have to have faith, the faith to quiet our hearts in the midst of confusion and uncertainties. we can't run away from everything; we can't keep on running from anything-for sooner or later we would run out of the strength to run. we have to live life, face it, honor it, enjoy it, adjust to it-Richard L Evans

do not do anything you cannot ask God to help you accomplish

the theories of men change from day to day. much that is taught new will tomorrow be in the discard, but the word of the Lord will endure forever-Joseph Fielding Smith

Jesus Christ is the cup and light to the whole world-that light must live-Thomas Jefferson

if we make God's will our law, then God's promise shall be our support and comfort, and we shall find every burden light, and every duty a joy-Tyron Edwards

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming convictions that I had nowhere else to go-Abraham Lincoln

I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose-Epictetus

fear imprisons, faith liberates; fear paralyzes, faith empowers; fear disheartens, faith encourages; fear sickens, faith heals; fear makes useless, faith makes serviceable-and, most of all, fear puts hopelessness at the heart of life, while faith rejoices in its God-Charles L Allen

prayer is self-discipline which comes as a result of discovering God's will and then making the necessary adjustments within one's thoughts, feelings and acts-Harry Emerson Fosdick

if God shuts one door, he opens another-Irish Proverb

the privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees and answers, and his answers I never venture to criticize, it is only my part to ask, if it were otherwise, I would not dare to pray at all-Wilfred T Grenfell

seems it strange that thou shouldst live forever? is it less strange that thou shouldst live at all?-Edward Young

I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light-Mary Gardiner Brainard

tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come-Lord Byron

without the Way there is no going; without the Truth there is no knowing; without the Life there is no living-Thomas A Kempis

I ask you-is God, who the scriptures say is the same yesterday, today, and forever, now changing His mind? does Jesus no longer believe what He taught when He was on the earth? for any man to attempt to change the moral law is like trying to change the Deity Himself-Mark E Petersen

we shall steel safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God-St. Francis de Sales

I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year; give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown; and he replied; go out into the darkness and put thine hand into the hand of God. that shall be to thee better than light and safer than a known way-M Louis Haskins

he who has ceased to pray has lost a great friendship-Richard L Evans

if you can't sleep, don't count sheep, try talking to the Shepherd

nothing is impossible for any two people as long as one is God

I asked Jesus "how much do you love me?" "this much," he said as he stretched out his arms and died

when any of us speaks by the power of the Spirit, we say what the Lord wants said, or better, what he would say if he were here in person-Bruce R McConkie

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve-Albert Schweitzer

the man who rows the boat generally doesn't have time to rock it

those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot hide if from themselves

no one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else-Charles Dickens

to laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed soul; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. that is to have succeeded-Ralph Waldo Emerson

we enjoy thoroughly only the pleasure that we give-Alexandre Dumas

it is in loving-not in being loved-the heart is blest; it is in giving-not seeking gifts,-we find our quest.

blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting-Elizabeth Bibesco

he that returns a good for evil obtains the victory-Thomas Fuller

the smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention

only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile-Albert Einstein

you cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late-Ralph Waldo Emerson

we live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. we should count time by heart-throbs. he most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best-Philip James Bailey

you give but little when you give of your possessions. it is when you give of yourself that you truly give-Kahlil Gibran

this is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what he has given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received-Seneca

they may forget what you said-but they will never forget how you made them feel-Carl W Buehner

the art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one-Russell Lynes

we can easily manage, if we will only take each day, the burden appointed for it. but the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow to the weight before we are required to bear it-John Newton

if you have tried to do something and failed, your are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded

all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke

life is no brief candle to me. it is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations-George Bernard Shaw

the tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it-Richard L Evans

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dryrot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. the proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time-Jack London

who begins too much accomplishes little-German proverb

footprints in the sand are not made by sitting down

if the devil find a man idle, he'll set him to work-Scottish proverb

the highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it

what is it that makes men suppose that they can more easily do twice tomorrow what they didn't do once today-Richard L Evans

life gives to all the choice, you can satisfy yourself with mediocrity if you wish, you can be common, ordinary, dull, colorless, or you can channel your life so that it will be clean, vibrant, progressive, useful, colorful, rich-Spencer W Kimball

to be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life-Robert Louis Stevenson

to reach the port of heaven we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it-but we must sail, not drift or lie at anchor-Oliver Wendell Holmes

some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can-Dr. Willis R Whitney

once begun, a task is easy; half the work is done-Horace

you'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take

don't waste time. don't waste it in idleness; don't waste it in regretting the time already wasted; don't waste it in resolutions a thousand times repeated, never to be carried out. don't waste your time. use all of it. sleep, work, rest, think-Arthur Brisbane

it isn't always others who enslave us. sometimes we let circumstances enslave us; sometimes we let routine enslave us; sometimes we let things enslave us; sometimes, with weak wills, we enslave ourselves. sometimes we partake of detrimental things that we think will soothe our nerves, minds or imaginations-things we think will helps us to escape from reality. but no man is free if he is running away from reality. and no man is free if he is running away from himself-Richard L Evans

you never stub your toe standing still. the faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere-Charles F Kettering

a man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life-Charles Darwin

you become successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal

a ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for-John A Shedd

yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. but today, well-lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope

men are punished by their sins, not for them-Albert Hubbard

it is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable-Moliere

some day, in the years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. but the real struggle is here, now...now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process-Phillips Brooks

one of the greatest causes of failure is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment

all problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them. touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble-William S Halsey

pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man-Cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman

when you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. now put the foundations under them-Henry David Thoureau

what a man can imagine or conceive in his mind he can accomplish, impossibles are possible as thinking men make them so-Henry J Kaiser

if you carefully chart your course in life and always keep to the flight plan, you will truly soar to great heights

the spirit to win and the will to excel is always measured one stroke at a time

you cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore

ACHIEVEMENT: success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed-Booker T Washington

opportunity always involves some risk. you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first

if one advances confidently in the direction of their dreams, and endeavors to lead a life which they have imagined, they will meet with a success unexpected in common hours-Henry David Thoreau

cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprint of your ultimate achievements

the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step-Lao-Tse

success is failure turned inside out; so stick to the fight when you're hardest hit; it's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit

when we are faced with challenges it is God's way of telling us that we are ready to grow stronger

the gem (diamond) cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials

a diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job

there is no failure save in giving up

the best angle from which to approach a problem is the try-angle

success is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall

man, without opposition or competition, would loaf out his life and die a limpid lump of flesh. affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but wise...it is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong...a cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is no strain upon it-Henry Ward Beecher

adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself-Samuel Johnson

better throw a stone at random than a word-Pope Xystus I

people are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges-Joseph Fort Newton

nothing neglected will remain as it was or is, or will fail to deteriorate. all things need attention, care, and concern-Richard L Evans (i.e.-testimony)

teamwork divides the task and doubles the success (companions)

a friend is the first person who comes in when the whole world has gone out

the heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth, he has God in himself, for God is love-Lamennais

one word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love-Sophocles

kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read

the best way to destroy an enemy is to change him into a friend

a smile is a curved line that sets things straight

who walks a road with love will never walk that road alone again-Charles Thomas Davis

those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves-William Hazlitt

he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere-Omar Khayyam

more hearts pine away in secret anguish for unkindness from those who should be their comforters than for any other calamity in life-Edward Young

in most quarrels there is a fault of both sides, a quarrel may be compared to a spark, which cannot be produced without a flint as well as steel-Charles Caleb Colton

we should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend-John Henry Newman

in vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. he who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors-Horace Mann

the secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself...every step of our progress toward success is a sacrifice-Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

an admission of error is a sign of strength rather than a confession of weakness

what we are is more important than what we have been-and what we can become is more important than what we are-Dr. Brent Barlow

what we are is God's gift to us. what we become is our gift to God-Louis Nizer

hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do-Gian-Carlo Menotti

emancipate yourself from inner-slavery, for none but ourselves can free our mind-Bob Marley

if you spend all your time building yourself up you won't have time to cut others down

let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will-President Benson

the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment...he who cannot establish a dominion over himself will have no dominion over others. he who masters himself shall be a king-Spencer W Kimball

we are not endeavoring to get ahead of others, but to surpass ourselves-Hugh B Brown

it is important not to lean on other people because in time you will be unable to do things yourself-Delores Del Rio

advice is not disliked because it is advice, but because so few people know how to give it-Leigh Hunt

it is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude-Ralph Waldo Emerson

the trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism-Norman Vincent Peale

advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon and the deeper it sinks into, the mind-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

all the water in the world wont sink a ship unless it gets inside

when you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. mistakes are lessons of wisdom, the past cannot be changed, the future is yet in your power-Hugh White

we first make our habits, and then our habits make us-John Dryden

cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you-Elbert Hubbard

some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back-Bonnell Thornton

when a fellow shuts his eyes to temptation he ought to be sure he isn't winking

a man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday-Alexander Pope

the habits of time are the soul's dress for eternity-George B Cheever

the chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken-Samuel Johnson

it is one thing to be moved by events. it is another to be mastered by them-Ralph W Sockman

what progress can there be for a man unconscious of his faults? such a man has lost the fundamental element of growth, which is the realization that there is something bigger, better, and more desirable than the condition in which he now finds himself. in the soil of self-satisfaction, true growth has poor nourishment...heaven pity the man who is unconscious of fault! pity him also who is ignorant of his ignorance!-David O McKay

you can't build the Kingdom without it building you

as we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. by making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our integrity becomes greater than our moods.

reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us

 happy, vivid and full of interest as it has been, I do not seek to tread again the toilsome and dangerous path. not even an opportunity of making a different set of mistakes and experiencing a different series of adventures and successes would lure me. how can I tell that the good fortune which has up to the present attended me with fair constancy would not be lacking at some critical moment in another chain of causation-Sir Winston Churchill