Quotes To Inspire...

[Truegrits]

"In a world of turmoil and uncertainty, it is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives and the top of our priorities."

(Elder L. Tom Perry/Ensign)

[Truegrits]

"Living the gospel does not mean the storms of life will pass us by, but we will be better prepared to face them with serenity and peace.

'Search diligently, pray always, and be believing,' the Lord admonished, 'and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly.'"

(Joseph B. Wirthlin/Ensign)

[Hemidakota]

"He has made to each of us a great promise. Said He, "Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers" (D&C 112:10)." President Gordon B. Hinckley, GC, Oct 2006

[Truegrits]

Pure religion is learning the gospel of Jesus Christ and then putting it into action.

Nothing will ever be of real benefit to us until it is incorporated into our own lives.

(Marvin J. Ashton/Ensign)

[Kyra]

"While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but once they lose their virtue they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader."

Samuel Adams

[FunkyTown]

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt

Citizenship in a Republic

[pam]

This is one I have in my folder of quotes.

Who is blind? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot.

- Indian Proverb

[pam]

For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.

- Donald Williams

[Hemidakota]

"The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us. . . . " (Revelation received April 2, 1830) D&C 130:22

[Wingnut]

"Life is too short to be spent nursing animosities or keeping a box score of offenses against us you know, no runs, no hits, all errors. We don't want God to remember our sins, so there is something fundamentally wrong in our relentlessly trying to remember those of others."

Jeffrey R. Holland

[Gatsby]

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

Muhammad Ali

[Hemidakota]

By Elder Ezra Taft Benson

Having declared America to be a land of liberty, God undertook to raise up a band of inspired and intelligent leaders who would write a constitution of liberty and establish the first free people in modern times. The hand of God in this undertaking is clearly indicated by the Lord himself in a revelation to the Prophet Joseph Smith in these words:

". . . I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose. . . ." (D&C 101:80)

. . . God declared that the United States Constitution was divinely inspired for the specific purpose of eliminating bondage and the violation of the rights and protection which belongs to "all flesh." (Ibid., 101:77-80) CR1961Oct:69-71

[Hemidakota]

President John Taylor -

The Prophet Joseph Smith said that the Constitution of the United States was given by the inspiration of God. But good, virtuous, and holy principles may be perverted by corrupt and wicked men. The Lord was opposed by Satan; Jesus had his Judas; and this nation abounds with traitors who ignore that sacred palladium of liberty and seek to trample it under foot. Joseph Smith said they would do so, and that when deserted by all, the elders of Israel would rally around its shattered fragments and save and preserve it inviolate. But even this, good as it was, was not a perfect instrument. It was one of those steppingstones to a future development in the progress of man to the intelligence and light, the power and union that God alone can impart to the human family.-JD, 21:31, April 9,1879.

[kona0197]

Question everything. Dig deep. Then the truth will be known.

[Hemidakota]

Quoted by President Joseph Fielding Smith -

Intelligence is eternal and exists upon a self-existent principle. It is a spirit from age to age and there is no creation about it. All the minds and spirits that God ever sent into the world are susceptible of enlargement. The first principles of man are self-existent with God. God himself, finding he was in the midst of spirits and glory, because he was more intelligent, saw proper to institute laws whereby the rest could have a privilege to advance like himself. The relationship we have with God places us in a situation to advance in knowledge. He has power to institute laws to instruct the weaker intelligences, that they may be exalted with Himself, so that they might have one glory upon another, and all that knowledge, power, glory, and intelligence, which is requisite in order to save them in the world of spirits.

This is good doctrine. It tastes good. I can taste the principles of eternal life, and so can you. They are given to me by the revelations of Jesus Christ; and I know that when I tell you these words of eternal life as they are given to me, you taste them, and I know that you believe them. You say honey is sweet, and so do I. I can also taste the spirit of eternal life. I know that it is good; and when I tell you of these things which were given me by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, you are bound to receive them as sweet, and rejoice more and more. (To the Church in general conference—to a congregation of 20,000—,"King Follett Sermon," April 7, 1844) (See HC6:302-17, also see The Words of Joseph Smith, pp. 340-62) HC6:311-12; TPJS:354

[Truegrits]

"Those who have felt the touch of the Master's hand somehow cannot explain the change which comes into their lives. There is a desire to live better, to serve faithfully, to walk humbly, and to be more like the Savior.

Having received their spiritual eyesight and glimpsed the promises of eternity, they echo the words of the blind man to whom Jesus restored sight: 'One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see' (John 9:25)."

(President Thomas S. Monson//Ensign)

[Puppenstein]

"To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."--Ralph Waldo Emerson "The Puzzle to Success"

[Truegrits]

"There is no power on the face of this earth that can break this Church. Why? Because God holds it in His hands. He is the Author of it, and He has promised, through the mouths of scores and scores of prophets, that it shall stand."

(Wilford Woodruff)

[Truegrits]

The way to gain a good reputation,

is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

(Socrates)

[bmy-]

"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center."

-Kurt Vonnegut

[Truegrits]

"May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality...

First, fill your mind with truth;

second, fill your life with service;

and third, fill your heart with love."

(Thomas S. Monson/Ensign)

[Truegrits]

Let us not say, Every man is the architect of his own fortune;

but let us say, Every man is the architect of his own character.

(George Dana Boardman)

[Truegrits]

“It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong;

not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich;

not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned;

and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.”

(Francis Bacon, Sr.) ni ao,S.qote

[Cra-Z]

“Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” - Dalai Lama

[Truegrits]

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."

(Robert Louis Stevenson)