Words to live by

“Life is hard, it is even harder if you are stupid.”

- Stephen Safranek

“Just as in the Church we talk about the "watchman on the tower" who has a clearer and farther view than those below, we can, to an extent, be our own watchmen by taking a moment's reflection, ascending the tower, acquiring our bearings, evaluating the efficacy of our efforts, and redirecting ourselves to our desired destination.”

                             - Craig Jorgensen

“Tell me what you think about when you do not have to think, and I will tell you what you are.”

 - President David O. McKay

“Lots to think about but nothing to worry about.”

 - ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition

“Don’t Exchange what you want most for what you want at the moment.”

                                         - Unknown

“You know you’re in Love when you can’t sleep . . . because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

                                         - Dr. Seuss

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

- Elanor Rosevelt

“Misunderstanding grows our of ignorance and suspicion. As we learn to know and appreciate those of various cultures, we come to appreciate them.”

  - Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

 

“Law is not the problem, the practice of it is . . . The moment we stop being true to the doctrine of the kingdom is the moment we can no longer be true to our profession.”

 - Elder Kofford

 

“Everyone needs to feel needed and useful in life . . . And what better way than keeping busy by serving.”

- Madeline Johanna Perschon Thompson

“Don't take no short cuts and hurry along as fast as you can!”

- Member of the Donner Party

“All men ought to be free . . . to think, and act, and say as they please while they maintain due respect to the rights and privileges of all other creatures, infringing upon none.”

                                 -  Joseph Smith

“Dude, I don’t remember the last thing I remember.”

- unknown swimmer

“There are shortcuts to getting by, however there are NO shortcuts to success.”

- Dean Falvey

“The kind of life you live, your disposition, your very nature, will be determined by your thoughts, of which your acts are but the outward expression. Thought is the seed of action.”

- Treasures of Life, comp. Clare Middlemiss (1962), 200

 

“Character springs from the depths of the soul. You tell me what you think about when you do not have to think, and I'll tell you what you are.”

 - Pathways to Happiness, comp. Llewelyn R. McKay (1957), 257

“If you want to lighten your burdens you need to pick up those around you.”

 - Brother Kagle

"our time here is so precious and so short . . . All too soon, our time is finished. While we can - while we have the time to complete our work - let us walk in the right direction, taking one step after another. That is easy enough. We don't have to be perfect today. We don't have to be better than someone else. All we have to do is to be the very best we can."

- Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

“It is useless to reason someone out of a position he has not been reasoned into.”

- Jonathan Swift

“The great thing of being a pessimist is that people are always proving you wrong or you are being pleasantly surprised.”

 - George will

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game”

 

“Lost yesterday, somewhere between Sunrise and Sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.”

- Horace Mann (Church News March 11. 2006)

 

“The trouble with trouble is it starts with fun!”

“I hope you are good neighbors. I hope you are tolerant and kind and decent people, not self-righteous, not arrogant, but out-reaching to help others and to help those in distress, particularly.”

 - Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

 

“In the search for our best selves, several questions will guide our thinking:  Am I what I want to be? Am I closer to the Savior today than I was yesterday? Will I be closer yet tomorrow? Do I have the courage to change for the better?”

- Thomas S. Monson (Ensign-April 2006)

 

“I want to plead with you , all of you, to look to one another and see the food and the virtue and the strength in your companion, and cultivate and nurture that love which properly belongs there. Look not elsewhere, but look to one another in faith and confidence and appreciation and respect and love one for another,”

 - Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

 

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”

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2. -- Albert Einstein (in a letter to his son Eduard, Feb. 5, 1930)
   

“Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning restoration, that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness. Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness.”

1. -- Alma 41:10