Stand for right, even if you stand alone.
If you will study the scriptures diligently, your power to avoid temptation and to receive direction of the Holy Ghost in all you do will be increased.
Courage is required to make an initial thrust towards ones coveted goal, But even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve.
May we all make the journey to Bethlehem in spirit, taking with us a tender caring heart as our gift to the Savior.
There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we must do that which is of greatest importance. Let us not procrastinate those things which matter most.
Think to Thank. In these three words are the finest capsule course for a happy marriage, formula for enduring friendship, and a pattern for personal happiness.
When we deal in generalities, we shall never succeed. When we deal in specifics, we shall rarely have a failure. When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of performance accelerates.
Find joy in the journey.
Everyone can be discontented if he ignores his blessings and looks only at his burdens.
There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.
The good you have done, the kind words you have spoken, the love you have shown to others, can never be fully measured.
No one has learned the meaning of living until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow man. Service to others is akin to duty, the fulfillment of which brings true joy.
Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God’s approval.
We must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become.
If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.
In the search for our best selves, several questions will guide our thinking: Am I what I want to be? Am I closer to the Savior today than I was yesterday? Will I be closer yet tomorrow? Do I have the courage to change for the better?
The ability to communicate is not something we are born with. We have to learn it and earn it.
Christ’s peace can permeate any heart – hearts that are troubled, burdened with grief, confused, and pleading for help.
Our problem is that we often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required.
Without a goal there can be no real success.