1. "A good bridge between despair
and
hope is a good night's sleep."
2. A journey of a
thousand
miles begins with a single step. ~Chinese
Proverb~
3. "A big man is one
who
makes us feel bigger when we are with
him."
~ John C. Maxwell ~
4. "A true friend is
somebody
who can make us do what we
can."
~R. W. Emerson~
5. Before you
criticize
someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when
you
criticize them,
you are
a mile away from them-----and you have their shoes.
6. "Before you flare up
at anyone's faults, take time to count ten.....of your
own."
~a pentecostal Evangelist~
7. "Better keep yourself clean and bright...You are the window through which you must see the world."
~-George Bernard Shaw~
8. "Do not pray
for
a light burden; Pray for a strong
back."
~Author Unknown~
9. "Father,
forgive
us, for we do not what we
know."
~Pres. Hinckley, Christmas Fireside, 1998~
10. "Find a need and
fill
it.....Find a hurt and heal
it!"
~Author Unknown~
11. "Great thoughts
left
unread are like fruitful seeds left unplanted."
12. "Happiness comes
from
what we are, not what we
have."
~Richard G. Scott, Dev. 1990~
13. "Have you GROWN or
did you GROAN!!"
14. "He who lives
without
discipline dies without
honor."
~Icelandic Proverb~
15. "I am convinced
that
unless we set goals, we move no
place."
~Pres. Kimball~
16. If someone were to
accuse you of being a "Mormon"-----would there be enough evidence to
convict
you?
17. "Kind words can be
short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless."
18. "Nothing gives one
person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and
unruffled
under all
circumstances."
~Thomas Jefferson~
19. "One of the most
effectual
ways of pleasing and of making one's self loved is to be cheerful;
joy softens more hearts than tears do."
~Mme. de Sartory~
20. "Ours is the
blessing
to live in a better season. The terrible persecutions of the past
are behind us.
Today we are looked upon with respect by people across the world.
We must always be worthy of that
respect.
We must earn it, or we will not have it."
~President Gordon B. Hinckley~
21. "Remember that you
become what you practice
most."
~Richard Carlson~
22.
"So, as someone else has counseled, I would urge you students not to
let
a day pass without contact
with the best literature of the world.
"Worm yourselves into the minds of the great thinkers, walk in the
footsteps
of the intellectual giants
who have gone before, and mark well the behavior of those who have
invented,
discovered, and mined the
streams of knowledge.
"However, 'as the soul is dyed by the thoughts, let no day pass without
contact with (the scriptures. In
forming character and in shaping conduct, (they still have their)
ancient
power' (William Osler, A Way of Life, 1937, p. 37-38)."
~Carlos E. Asay~
23. "Thank God for what
you have. Trust God for what you need."
24. "The best things in
life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes,
flowers
at your feet,
duties
at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not
grasp
at the stars, but do life's
plain,
common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily
bread are the
sweetest
things in
life."
--Robert Louis Stevenson--
25.
"The Lord has blessed you with an abundance of the things of the earth.
"He has blessed you with peace. He has blessed you with
knowledge.
He has blessed you
with testimony. And He has
blessed you with the good things of the
earth...
"How thankful we ought to be, my brothers and sisters, how very, very
grateful
we ought to be.
"...How thankful we ought to be that somehow in the majesty and
kindness
and goodness of the
Lord you and I were brought forth in
this generation with the marvelous and
wonderful blessings
we hold."
--President Gordon B. Hinckley--
26. "The Lord's
storehouse
includes the time, talents, skills, compassion, consecrated material,
and
financial
means of faithful church members. These resources are available
to
the Bishop in
assisting those in need."
--Thomas S. Monson--
27. "The shortest and
surest
way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would
appear to
be,
all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice
and
experience of them.
~Socrates~
28. "The superior man
is
modest in his speech, but excels in his
actions."
~Confucius~
29. "The time to be
happy
is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy
is to make others
so."
30. "The way we live
outweighs
any words we may profess to
follow."
~Delbert L. Stapley~
31. "There is no better
exercise for the heart, than to reach down and lift someone
up."
~ Unknown ~
32. “Values have
changed.
Basic decency and respect for good things are eroding. A moral
blackness
is settling in. YOU are in many ways the hope of the
future,
and I remind you that valuable
diamonds shine better against a dark background.”
~James E. Faust
33. “When the character of a man is
not clear to you, look at his
friends.
~Japanese Proverb
34. “When you walk with God, you will
reach
your destination.”
35. “Worrying does not empty
tomorrow
of its troubles---It empties today of its strength.”