1. "A drop of
ink
may make a million
think."
--Byron--
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2. "A winner
paces
himself; a loser has only two speeds: hysterical and lethargic."
--Sydney J. Harris--
3. "All
through the
ages prophets have looked down through the corridors of time to our
day. Billions of the deceased and those yet to be born have their
eyes on us. Make no
mistake about it...this is a marked generation. There has never
been
more expected
of the
faithful in such a short time than there is of us."
--President Ezra Taft Benson--
4. "An
important
key to being loyal to your mate after marriage is to be faithful to
your
future
mate before marriage."
5.
Arnold Bennett
described concentration as: "the power to dictate to the
brain
its task
and insure its obedience."
6. "By taking
revenge,
a man is but even with his enemy; but in
passing over it, he is
superior."
--Francis Bacon--
7. Challenge
For the
Week: Each day this week, choose one
person in your family to pray for. Think about that person's
needs, problems, hopes, fears.
Pray for his/her growth, happiness, and righteous desires.
Express your gratitude and love to and for that person.
8. "Character
is the
ability to carry out a good resolution
long after the excitement of the moment has passed."
--Cavett Robert--
9.
"CONFIDENCE
is a subtle thing. It is built slowly and can
be easily and quickly
shaken."
--George Humphreys--
l0. "Do not
spend
money for that which is of no worth, nor your
labor for that which cannot
satisfy."
--2 Nephi 9:51--
11. "DOING beats
stewing!"
12. "Failure is an
event,
not a person."
13. "Failure itself
can
be a success if 3 questions are answered:
1. What happened? 2. What caused it?
3. What can I learn from this experience?
--H. Stephen Glenn, speaker and Youth Advocate--
14. "For every worry
under
the sun,
There is a remedy or there is none.
If there be one, hurry and find it.
If there be none, then never mind it."
--LeGrand Richards--
15. "For of him unto
whom
much is given, much is required; and
he who sins against the greater light shall receive the
greater
condemnation."
--D & C 82:3--
16. "Let prayer,
night and
morning, as a family and as individuals,
become a practice in which children grow while yet young. It
will bless their lives forever. No parent in this Church
can
afford
to neglect it."
--Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley--
17. "Life is like an
ice
cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time."
--Charlie Brown--
18. I Didn't
Speak
Up: "In Germany, the Nazis first came for the
communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I
wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't
speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for
the Catholics, but I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to
speak up for me."
19. "I do not
intend
to read (or watch or listen to) anything I do not
wish to remember through eternity."
20. "I do not
know
where all of you are going, and I certainly do not
know what you will do with your lives, but let me tell you simply
this: unless you set aside some portion of your lives to help and
serve others less fortunate than yourself, then your lives will not
really be happy."
--Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Commencement Address--
21. "I have a great
and
compelling sense of gratitude and optimism
about the youth of the Church. In saying this, I do not
wish
to
imply that all is well with all of them. There are many who
have
troubles, and many who live far beneath the high expectations
we have concerning them. But even considering these, I have
great confidence in our young people as a whole. I regard you as
the finest generation in the history of the Church. I compliment
you, and I have in my heart a great feeling of love and respect
and appreciation for you. 'Ye are a chosen generation, a
royal
priesthood...'"
--Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley--
22. "If there
is any
one thing that will bring peace and contentment into
the human heart and into the family, it is to live within our means;
and if there is any one thing that is grinding and disheartening, it is
to have debts and obligations that one cannot meet."
--Heber J. Grant--
23. "If you are
faced with
temptation and choose the temptation,
your desire and willingness to do evil will increase. We have to
start by doing something good when we don't want to do it.
Then our desire and ability to do good will increase.
Obedience
breeds desire."
--Harold C. Brown, while President of Cottonwood Stake--
24. "If you think
you are
beaten--you are.
If you think that you dare not--you don't.
If you'd like to win, but fear you can't
It's fifty to one you won't."
25. "In all
its various
expressions, SELFISHNESS is really self-
destruction in slow
motion!"
--Neal A. Maxwell--
26. "In an
effort
to insure my children's tomorrows, I have lost
their
todays."
--Danny Thomas--
27. "Instead
of dismissing
temptations as Jesus did, it is giving
heed to them which gets so many in trouble."
--Neal A. Maxwell--
28. "It should
be
part of our daily prayers to ask the Lord for
constant strength to resist temptation, especially
temptations that involve the law of chastity."
--President Ezra Taft Benson--
29. "Many of
the great
achievements of the world were
accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept
on working."
30. "No ray of
sunshine
is ever lost, but the green which it
awakens takes time to sprout, and it is not always granted
to the sower to see the
harvest."
--Schweitzer--
31. "People as
well
as nations perish without scriptures. The
scriptures are spiritual food for our spirit, which is just as
important as physical food for our body."
--Elder L. Lionel Kendrick--
32. "Perhaps
any of
us could get along with perfect people. But
our task is to get along with imperfect people."
--Richard L. Evans--
33.
"Provisional morality
always emerges once people desert a
basic truth. Such individuals are forever falling back,
trying
to develop substitute rationales, drawing new lines beyond
which they vow they will not be driven, only to abandon these
also under the pressure of growing evils."
--Neal A. Maxwell--
34.
"Sin is
the real
self-sacrifice."
--Lord Avebury--
35.
"Spirituality
is not acquired suddenly. It is the succession of
right choices. It is the harvest of a righteous life."
--Dallin H. Oaks--
36. "Time is
much
like manna: We can't hoard it. We can't save it.
The Lord allots each day its own supply."
--Richard L. Evans--
37. "Travel is
fatal
to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."
--Mark Twain--
38. "The
greatest
of all faults is to be conscious of none."
--Carlyle--
39. "The key
to success
in any situation in life is exceeding another's
expectations."
--Paul Timm, Book: 51 Ways to Save Your Job--
40. "The life
of self-control
is not grievous but joyous when we become
accustomed to it. It clears the mind; it strengthens the
judgement;
it elevates the character. It is the true freedom."
--Benjamin Jowett--
41. "The man
who does
not read good books has no advantage over
the man who can't read
them."
--Mark Twain--
42. "The older
I grow,
the more I enjoy the words of thoughtful
writers, ancient and modern, and the savoring of that which
they have
written."
--Gordon B. Hinckley--
43. "The world
is
long on judgement and short on understanding.
Judging is easy and self-satisfying. Understanding requires
perspective, experience, and empathy."
44. "There are times
when
a man should be content with what he
has, but never with what he is." --William George
Jordan--
45. "Those who
cannot remember
the past are condemned to repeat
it."
--George Santayana--
46. "Ultimate human
power
is not in our possessions, but in our minds."
47. "We are living
in a
time when the best of things are on the earth...
and the worst of things. Are we taking advantage of the best of
things...and staying away from the worst of things?"
48. "When the time
to perform
has arrived, the time to prepare has
passed."
49. "You cannot
dream yourself
into a character; you must hammer
and forge one for
yourself."
--James Froud--
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