| Knees, get down there. | ||
| Make them bend, and | ||
| remain there until you | ||
| obtain the spirit. | ||
| — Brigham Young |
| Cling close to the trunk. | ||
| — Joseph Smith |
| Gratitude | ||
| If you will thank the Lord with all your heart every night for all the blessings of that day, you will eventually find yourself exalted in the Kingdom of God. | ||
| — Joseph Smith |
| There are no “nobodys” in the world. There are just “somebodys” who don’t know who they are. | ||
| It’s your job to help them find out who they are. | ||
| THOU ART AN EAGLE. SPREAD FORTH THY WINGS AND FLY! | ||
| — Elder Simmons, MTC |
| What the mind | ||
| of man | ||
| can Conceive | ||
| and Believe | ||
| he can Achieve. | ||
| — Edmund Burke, British statesman |
| Want to be Good instead of “do good.” (?) | ||
| — Elder Boyd K. Packer |
| If you do not learn to control your thoughts, someone else will. |
| The workings of the Spirit are not compatible with falseness. Recognize with humility that the power of God by which you have been sent is the same power by which the worlds were created and maintained. We are here to be servants of God, to act as servants of God and to bring others the peace and happpiness of blessings they can receive from God. Show empathy, recognize others’ feelings. |
| Celestial | Terrestrial | Telestral | ||
| Law of Christ | Law of Moses | “law of the jungle” | ||
| No Anger | No Killing | “survival of the fittest” | ||
| No Lust | No Adultery | Self-gratification | ||
| Fornication destroys the virtue of marriage | Writing of Divorcement | de facto relationships |
| If you are poor, work. | ||
| If you are rich, work. | ||
| If you are burdened with seemingly unfair responsibilities, work. | ||
| If you are happy, continue to work; idleness gives room for doubts and fears. | ||
| If sorrow overwhelms you, and loved ones seem not true, work. | ||
| If disappointments come, work. | ||
| If faith falters and reason fails, just work. | ||
| When dreams are shattered and hopes seem dead, work. | ||
| Work as if your life were in peril; it really is. | ||
| No matter what ails you, work. | ||
| Work faithfully, and work with faith. | ||
| Work is the greatest material remedy available. | ||
| Work will cure both mental and physical afflictions. |
| What a big gap there is between advice and help. |
| The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right. |
| Pray as if everything depended on the Lord. | ||
| Work as if everything depended on YOU. | ||
| — quoted by Elder Simmons, MTC |
| A woman with good horse-sense won’t be a nag. | ||
| Jesus was a representative of the Lord, so am I. | ||
| If you’re not happy, look in the mirror. | ||
| — quoted by James Mangum, MTC |
| Don’t be so wise that you’re not willing to learn. |
| Vision – Work = Dreaming | ||
| Work – Vision = Drugery | ||
| Work + Vision = Destiny |
| Some people are like a callus — they always show up when the work is finished. | Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days — Benjamin Franklin. |
| You can always tell a real friend; when you’ve made a fool of yourself, he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job. — Lawrence J. Peter. | Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there — Will Rogers. |
| There’s no traffic jam on the extra mile. | Some who are not paid what they are worth ought to be glad. |
| When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardlly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. — Mark Twain. | A chip on the shoulder is often a piece of wood that has fallen from the head. We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. |
| When opportunity knocks, some people are in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers | DIPLOMACY: Thinking twice before saying nothing. |
| One nice thing about egotists: They don’t talk about other people. |
| ELOQUENCE: Saying the proper thing and stopping. — Stanley Link. | After all is said and done, more is said than done. |
| If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. — Mark Twain. | Some people don’t have much to say, but you have to listen a long time to find it out. |
| A smile is just a crooked line that sets things straight. |
| Never put passion in front of principle: even when you win, you lose. |
| THE LORD DOESN’T CALL MEN OR WOMEN FOR WHAT THEY ARE BUT FOR WHAT THEY CAN BECOME. |
| Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. | ||
| — Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
| Prayer keeps a man from sin, and sin keeps a man from prayer. | ||
| — Brigham Young. |
| Cocky’s a Mormon. | ||
| — Cocky. |
| People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. | ||
| — Joseph Fort Newton. |
| A TARGET, TO BE HIT, MUST BE SEEN. |
| AN UNWRITTEN GOAL IS MERELY A WISH. |
| Goal-setting is the most powerful force on earth to a serious-minded person. It will bring us whatever we set our hearts upon… When we set serious and meaningful goals, we start in motion powers greater than we might at first imagine. | ||
| — Earl Nightingale. |
| Creation of woman from the rib of man: | |||
| she was not made out of his head to top him; | |||
| nor out of his feet to be trampled upon my him; | |||
| but out of his side to be equal with him; | |||
| under his arm, to be protected; | |||
| and near his heart, to be beloved. | |||
| The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher. | ||
| — Gilbert Hufford. |
| The key to Learning I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand. |
| If you want to be interesting, become interested. |
| To get nowhere, follow the crowd. |
| A man who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. | ||
| — Charles Schwab. |
| Apology is often a good way to have the last word. |
| Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind. | ||
| — Samuel Taylor Coleridge. |
| There would be fewer arguments if we tried to determine what’s right instead of who’s right. |
| We easily forget that the way people act toward us may be the result of our own behavior. |
| A failure establishes only this: that our determination to succeed was not strong enough. |
| Remember: the man on top of the mountain didn’t just fall there. |
| Where the river is the deepest it makes the least noise. |
| When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt. |
| Books are keys to wisdom’s treasure; Books are gates to lands of pleasure; Books are paths that upward lead; Books are friends. Come let us read. | ||
| — Emilie Poulsson. |
| HALLMARKS OF A HAPPY HOME | ||||
| 1. | A pattern of prayer | |||
| 2. | A library of learning | |||
| 3. | A legacy of love | |||
| 4. | A treasury of testimony | |||
| Choose your love; love your choice. |
| The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best medicine for despair is service. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. | ||
| — President Gordon B. Hinckley. |
| Although at the moment they may be equal in their lack of a real answer, the man who replies, “I’ll find out” is much more valuable to his employer, his neighbor, and himself, than the man who replies, “I don’t know.” |
| A little crippled boy had a news stand at the railroad station. There were two men each running to catch his train home. One was going home to be with his family for Christmas. The other was going home, but needed to travel many miles before he would get home to his family. The first man almost fell knocking over the news stand. Catching himself he turned around to curse at the boy before barely catching his train. As the second man stooped to help him pick up his papers, the boy asked, “Mister, are you Jesus?” Shocked the man replied, “No, son, I’m just someone trying to follow His teachings.” |
| You ask, “What is the price of happiness?” You will be surprised with the simplicity of the answer. The treasure house of happiness may be unlocked and remain open to those who use the following keys: The first, you must live the gospel of Jesus Christ in its purity and simplicity — not a half-hearted compliance, but hewing to the line. And this means an all-out devoted consecration to the great program of salvation and exaltation in an orthodox manner. The second, you must forget yourself and love your companion more than yourself. If you do these things, happiness will be yours in great and never-failing abundance. | ||
| — Spencer W. Kimball. |
| If you feel you have a lemon, you can either complain about how sour it is, or you can make a lemonade. |
| We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough. | ||
| — Helen Keller. |
| Don’t ask the Lord to guide your footsteps unless you are willing to move your feet. |
| Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better. | ||
| — Percy Fetzer. |
| What wouldst thou have from life? Pay the price and take it. | ||
| — Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
| A man attains in the measure that he aspires. His longing to be is the gauge of which he can be. To fix the mind is to foreordain the achievement. | ||
| — James Allen. |
| How can you say the door cannot be opened until your knuckles are bloody, till your head is bruised, till your muscles are sore? IT CAN BE DONE! | ||
| — Pres. Spencer W. Kimball. |
| There is no heavier burden than a great potential. |
| You play the way you practice. |
| Are you an ox-cart in a jet age? |
| You can’t climb uphill thinking downhill thoughts. |
| Success comes in CANs. Failure comes in CAN’Ts. |
| Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. | ||
| — William Shakespeare. |
| The Lord called the Apostle Paul to the ministry not because of what he had done, but because of what he was going to be able to do. | ||
| — Elder Marion D. Hanks. |
| You may fall several times, but you are not a failure until you say someone pushed you. |
| No one ever knows how small the margin is between success and failure. Frequently the two are separated only by the width of one word: DISCOURAGEMENT. |
| Though no one can make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. |
| Seven Keys to Happiness | ||||
| 1. | Get to know yourself. | |||
| 2. | Maintain good physical health. | |||
| 3. | Work on a good sense of humor. | |||
| 4. | Be a friend and “do unto others.” | |||
| 5. | Be creative and always have a goal. | |||
| 6. | Maintain a wholesome relationship with the opposite sex. | |||
| 7. | Get to know your Heavenly Father as a close personal friend and trust Him just like that. | |||
| Attitude determines altitude. |
| [On side of envelope from Bishop John A. Adams] President Kimball’s (These I will make my rules) | ||||
| 1. | Be guided by the Spirit. | |||
| 2. | Prayerfully call and explain duties. | |||
| 3. | Establish goals. | |||
| 4. | Delegate. | |||
| 5. | Follow up. | |||
| 6. | Recognize the work of others. | |||
| 7. | Develop warm personal relationships. | |||
| 8. | Encourage and motivate. | |||
| 9. | Organize, plan, prepare. | |||
| 10. | Develop good judgement. | |||
| 11. | Review. | |||
| 12. | Be loyal. | |||
