Reap our destiny: W. Peterson

"The decisions we make and the way we behave are what ultimately shape our character. Charles A. Hall aptly described that process in these lines: "We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions, and we reap our habits; we sow our habits, and we reap our characters; we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny"
--Wayne S. Peterson, "Our Actions Determine Our Character,", Ensign, Nov. 2001, 83

The Lord will accept your effort: Hinckley

"Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept of your effort."
--Gordon B. Hinckley, "Rise to the Stature of the Divine within You," Ensign, Nov. 1989, 94

Live by faith: Thornock

The Lord counseled His prophet to be patient, for "the just shall live by his faith."
Faith in God can produce miracles.


--LaVar Thornock,
"Do the Wicked Prosper While the Righteous Suffer?,", Ensign, Oct 1990, 13

Faith, Love, Hope: Spurgeon

Faith goes up the stairs that Love has made and looks out of the windows which Hope has opened.
by C. H. Spurgeon

Live honesty: Faust

"We all need to know what it means to be honest. Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving."

--Elder James E Faust, "They spoke to us", The Friend December 1996

Injuring eternity: Thoreau

We do not kill time without injuring eternity.--Henry David Thoreau

Counting seed: Schuller

"Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed."
--Robert Schuller

You have charge: Rohn

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons of the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something that YOU have charge of. Jim Rohn

Habit keeps you going: Ryun

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun

Tell truth & forget: Twain

“If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.” (Mark Twain)

Beautiful things must be felt: Keller

"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be
seen or touched. They must be felt with the heart."
-Helen Keller

Laugh & avoid the headache: M. Hinckley

"The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley~

Change for change: Peale

Change your thoughts and you change your world. -- Norman Vincent Peale

Vegetate: Hazlitt

When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country. -- William Hazlitt