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2. “A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly, only an absolute fool values a man according to his clothes, or according to his position, which after all is only something we wear like clothing.”

3. “A testimony is fragile. It is as hard to hold as a moonbeam. It is something you have to recapture every day of your life.”

4. “And when mistakes occur, let them become instructive, not destructive.”

5. “As we survey the challenges of life, that which is easy is rarely right.”

President Thomas S. Monson, L.D.S. Historical Calendar – 1999

6. “Ask God for guidance and then hang on for the Ride!”

Rose Kennedy

7. “Avoid prayers that appear to be a set of instructions to the Lord—do this, bless that, change this, help me with that. Rather, be a compliant student to the Ultimate Teacher. He wants you to succeed even more than you do yourself.”

8. “Be cheerful in all that you do. Live joyfully. Live happily. Live enthusiastically, knowing that God does not dwell in gloom and melancholy, but in light and love.”

9. “Be such a man and live such a life that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God’s paradise.”

11. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”

12. “Every ounce of pornography and immoral entertainment will cause you to lose a pound of spirituality. And it will only take a few ounces of immorality to cause you to lose all of your spiritual strength, for the Lord’s Spirit will not dwell in an unclean temple.”

14. “Get all the schooling you can. Education is the key that unlocks the door of opportunity. God has placed upon this people a mandate to acquire knowledge ‘even by study and also by faith’.”

President Gordon B. Hinckley, Conf. Report, Oct. 4, 1997, p. 72

15. “He (the Lord) is ‘in the details’ of your lives. He knows you perfectly.”

16. “I know that with the demands of daily living there is little time to read anything. But I promise you that if you will read that which we call scripture, there will come into your heart an understanding and a warmth that will be pleasing to experience.”

President Hinckley, Ensign, April, 1983, p. 7

17. “I urge you to choose companions well and cherish those friends who lift you and make you better in their presence. And be such friends to one another.”

18. “I want to live my life so that I can look back and say, ‘I’m glad I did,’ rather than ‘I wish I would have.’”

Kevin M. Harrison, Priest, Dover Ward (Church News, May 9, 1998, p. 10

19. “If you will show me the songs which a people or a community sing, then I will tell you the character of that community.”

20. “Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

21. “Let us not take the negative side of life. Very little good has been really accomplished by men who took that attitude. It is the men who assume the positive attitude in life that accomplish worthwhile things.”

22. “Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”

23. “Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.”

24. “I love the youth of the Church. I have said again and again that I think we have never had a better generation than this. How grateful I am for your integrity, for your ambition to train your minds and your hands to do good work, for your love for the word of the Lord, and for your desire to walk in paths of virtue, and truth and goodness.”

President Gordon B. Hinckley (L.D.S. Historical Calendar – 1999)

25. “No trial is joyous for the present but grievous to be borne; but trials yield their blessings, when patiently endured.”

26. “Prayer is the royal road between each of us and our Heavenly Father. Whether it remains open or is closed is for our determination.”

27. “Satan wants us to feel unequal to our worldly tasks. If we turn to God, He will lead us through our darkest hours.”

President James E. Faust, Oct. 1997 Gen. Conf. Priesthood Session)

29. “That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased.”

President Heber J. Grant

30. “The Gospel of Jesus Christ makes bad men good, and good men better.”

31. “There can be no equal to the peace of mind that always comes as the reward for obedience to truth.”

32. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.”

34. “When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.”

35. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which had been opened for us.”

36. “When seeking wise counsel, turn to those who have exhibited obedience to the commandments and willingness to follow the promptings of the Spirit.”