Saturday, January 31, 2009

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

Friday, January 30, 2009

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

Thursday, January 29, 2009

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

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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

Monday, January 19, 2009

Counting seed: Schuller

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