1.
"As
we have felt the spirit and made new and sacred resolves,
may
we now have the courage and fortitude to carry out the resolves.
--Pres. Ezra Taft Benson, Gen. Conf.--
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2.
"Be
honest in every way and enjoy the peace that only a clear
conscience can bring
you."
--Thomas Wolsey, Scholar--
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3.
"Counsel
with the Lord in all thy doings, and He will direct thee for good;
yea, when thou liest down at
night lie down unto the Lord, that He may
watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning, let
thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye
shall
be lifted up at the last
day."
--Alma 37:37--
4. "Die when I
may,
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I
always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower
would grow."
5. "Do our
faces show
that we are happy to be alive and doing? Can we
radiate goodness and empathy with our eyes and smiles? Can we
speak
cordially to the store clerk, drive our cars with Christian charity,
earnestly listen to the ideas of others and respond with kindly
encouraging words?
No one is happy all of the time, but can we make the best of even
negative situations, and let the light of Christ radiate through us?"
--Book: Knit Together in Love--
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6. "Every day
there
are many opportunities to be nice----or not so nice."
--Rex Lee--
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7. "For every
man
receiveth wages of him whom he listeth to obey."
--Alma 3:27--
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8. "God gives
us the
ingredients for our daily bread, but He expects us to do the baking."
--William A. Ward--
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9. "He asks of
you...the
sacrifice of your sins--the hardest thing in the
to give up! But the promise is crystal clear, 'If you will
purify
yourselves, sanctify yourselves, I will bless you.' And I'm afraid
the postscript is, 'And if you don't, I
can't.'"
--Truman
G. Madsen--
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10. "He that governs well,
leads
the blind...But he that teaches, gives them eyes."
--David O. McKay--
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11. "He who picks up
one
end of a stick also picks up the other."
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12. "I prayed about
it,
I studied, and it came to me through my efforts.
You can't expect the Lord to do it all."
--Elder Joseph Anderson--
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13. "I realize that
I will
be, when my life's labor is complete, the product of
my thoughts."
--George
Albert Smith--
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14. "If God deprives
his
children of any present blessing, it is so that he may
bestow upon them a greater and more glorious one by and by."
--George Q. Cannon--
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15. "If to do were
as easy
as to know, paupers' cottages would be princes' palaces."
--Shakespeare (paraphrased)--
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16. "If we act for
the right
motives and if we refrain from forbidden desires
and attitudes, we have pure hearts."
--Dallin H. Oaks--
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17. "If we do not
obey,
the power to obey is lessened. Our capability to
recognize good is weakened."
--Elder Ted E.
Brewerton, April Conf., 1981--
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18. "In the justice
of God,
we will ultimately be judged and rewarded for
what we are. And what we are is the sum total of our good and our
evil actions and
desires."
--Dallin Oaks--
19. "In the midst of
all
this turmoil and destruction, the Latter-day Saints
should dwell in peace and safety. This they may do if they will be
honest with themselves, with their fellowmen, and with their God."
--President Joseph Fielding Smith--
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20. "In the service
of the
Lord, it is not where you serve, but how."
--J. Reuben Clark, Jr.--
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2l. "It is
better
to light one small candle than to curse the darkness."
--Confucious--
22. "It's not the
number
of hours one puts in that counts, but what one
puts into the hours."
23. "Let never day
nor night
unhallow'd pass, but still remember what the
Lord hath done."
24. "Loving service
anonymously
given may be unknown to man--but the
gift and the giver are known to God."
--Thomas S. Monson--
25. "Make a list of
the
traits of the type of spouse you would like to marry.
Then make a list of the traits you would need to attract that type of
person. Then throw away the first list and work on the
seond.
Don't
just look for the right one--become the right one!"
26. "Many people
today are
spiritually dull (even though not downright
evil)."
27. "Money may buy
the husk
of many things, but not the kernal. It brings
you food, but not the appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances,
but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; days of joy, but not
happiness."
--Henrik Ibsen--
28. "No one can
reach everybody,
but everybody can be reached by
somebody."
29. "Not only will
the righteous
desires of our hearts be granted, but also the
unrighteous desires of our hearts. Over the long run, our
most
deeply
held desires will govern our choices, one by one and day by day, until
our
lives finally add up to what we have really wanted."
--Bruce
Hafen
30. "Our only safety
is
in obedience to the laws of God. You need not fear
the clamor that is now being raised against us...this spite of the world
...we are in the hands of
God."
--Pres. John Taylor--
31. "Our priorities
determine
what we seek in
life."
--Dallin H. Oaks--
32. "Pray that you
will
have good and correct attitudes about all your
experiences--be they good or
bad."
--Dallin Oaks--
33. "Self-discipline
negates
the need for forced discipline."
---Richard G. Scott---
34. "7 days without
prayer
makes one weak."
35. "The best angle to
approach
a problem is the Try-angle."
36. "The gift of the
Holy
Ghost will stay with you as long as you want it and
are worthy."
37. "The Lord seeth
not
as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."
--I Samuel 16:7--
38. "The Lord works
from
the inside out. The world works from the outside
in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ
takes
the
slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums."
--Ezra Taft Benson--
39. "The man who
lives for
himself is apt to be corrupted by the company
he keeps."
40. "The measure of
a man's
real character is what he would do if he knew he
would never be found out." --Macaulay (writer)
41. "The only
control that
counts in the eyes of the Lord is self-control."
42. "The suffering
that
results from sin is most tragic because through our
own choices, we can choose to avoid it. We have that power."
--Elder Jack Goaslind--
43. "The thought in
your
mind at this moment is contributing, however
infinitesimally, almost imperceptibly, to the shaping of your soul."
--Spencer W. Kimball--
44. "To profit from
good
advice requires more wisdom than to give it."
45. "Today is the
wise man's
day, tomorrow is the fool's day. The wise man
is the one when he sees what ought to be done, does it today. The
foolish man, when he sees what ought to be done, says, 'I
will
do it
tomorrow.'"
46. "True peace
consists
in not separating ourselves from the will of God."
--Thomas Aquinas--
47. "What service
counts
in heaven? Only that which is truly given. Only
that good which is done for the love of doing it. Only those
plans
in
which the welfare of others is the master thought. Only those
labors
in which the sacrifice is greater than the reward. Only those
gifts
in
which the giver forgets himself."
--Henry Van Dyke's "The Mansion"--
48. "When you begin
to coast,
you know you're on the downgrade."
49. "Without Christ,
there
can be no fullness of joy."
--President Ezra Taft Benson--
50. "Without the
assistance
of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With
that assistance I cannot fail."
--Abraham Lincoln--
51. "Work on your
marriage
and family life all the time----because Satan is."
52. "Yea, I know
that God
will give liberally to him that asketh. Yea, my God
will give me, if I ask not amiss; therefore, I will lift up my voice
unto
thee..."
--2 Nephi 4:35--
53. "You are the one
who
must decide whose thoughts you will entertain.
You are free to choose--but you are not free to alter the consequences
of those choices. You will be what you think about--what you
consistently allow to occupy the stage of your mind."
--Ezra Taft Benson--
54. "You can't outgive the Lord."
55. "YOU help set
the tone
in our home."