Monday, May 25, 2009

Power in Music: Boyd K Packer

"I learned too what power there can be in music. Worthy music of all kinds has its place."
Elder Boyd K. Packer

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

The value of consistent prayer: William McGill

The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him. -- William McGill

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Final Judgement: Dallin H Oaks

"We should refrain from anything that seems to be a final judgment of any person...the Lord alone has the capacity to judge...And, in all of this we must remember the command to forgive."
--Dallin H. Oaks, "Judge Not and Judging", Ensign, Aug. 1999, 7

You Cannot Lift Another Until: Harold B. Lee

"You cannot lift another soul until you are standing on higher ground than he is. You must be sure, if you would rescue the man, that you yourself are setting the example of what you would have him be. You cannot light a fire in another soul unless it is burning in your own soul."
--Harold B. Lee, "Stand Ye in Holy Places", Ensign, July 1973, 121

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Peace: Christ & Unk

Peace does not mean to be in a place
where there is no noise,
trouble,
or hard work,
it means to be in the midst of those things,
and still be calm in your heart.
(unk)

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you:
not as the world gives, give I to you.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
John 14:27

Thursday, May 7, 2009

The Problem With Socialism: Margaret Thatcher

"The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

The Kind of Life You Live: McKay

"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."

--David O. McKay, "Developing a Christlike Character", Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, 23: