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Be understood in thy teaching, and instruct to the measure of capacity. -Precepts and rules are repulsive to a child, but happy illustration wins him.

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We will be greatly assisted in our efforts to become more grounded, rooted, established, and settled if there is less of some things in our lives.

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**Moreover, with one group’s exception, each of us will go to a kingdom of glory . (DC 88:24) Knowing as we do the beauties of this earth , which the Lord described as “good” can we not quiver just a bit in anticipation of those kingdoms that He calls not only good , but also places of “glory”?

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The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul , is tenderness toward the hard , forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic.

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richter

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Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already . Of the things you have, select the best; and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought if you did not have them.

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marcus aurelius

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No longer forward nor behind I look In hope or fear; But grateful, take the good I flnd the best of now and here.

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john greenleaf whlttler

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reflect upon the relentless and yet benevolent forces of Mother Nature _ The laws of nature are relentless _ They can never be disobeyed without exacting a penalty_ Yet they are benevolent, for when they are understood and obeyed, nature yields up the abundance that blesses those who understand and obey_

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wheeler mcmillen

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There exists a passion for comprehension, just as there exists a passion for music. That passion is rather common in children, but gets lost in most people later on. Without this passion there would be neither
mathematics nor natural science.

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albert einstein

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There may be a certain pleasure in vice, but there is a higher in purity and virtue. The most commanding of all delights is the delight in goodness. The beauty of holiness is but one beauty, but it is the highest.

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Good nature is the very air of a good mind; the sign of a large and generous soul and the peculiar soil in which virtue prospers.

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goodman

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The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night.

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Longfello

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–within us will tend to realize them. Our impressions will become expressions just in proportion to the vigor with which we register our vows to accomplish our ambitions, to make our visions realities.

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orison swett marden

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When I was a young man I observed that nlne out of every ten things I did were fallures. I didn’t want to be a failure. So I did ten times more work.
geoge bernard shaw

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george ber-nard shaw

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A man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket, and write down the thought of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable, and should be secured J because they seldom return.
bacon

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bacon

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Life is made up, not of great sacrifices and duties, but of little thlngs, in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort.

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sir humphry davy

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Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptations -these are the silent threads of gold which, when woven together, gleam out so brightly in the pattern of life that God approves.

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frederic w farrar

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You have manifested a spirit of advancement and improvement, which ls according to the
gospeI of Iife we possess.

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brigham young

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Little words are the sweetest to hear, little charities fly furthest and stay longest on the wind?, little lakes are the stillest, little hearts are the fullest, and little farms are the best tilled. Little books are read the most and little songs the dearest loved. And when Nature would make anything especially rare and beautiful, she makes it little little pearls, little diamonds, little dews. Life is made up of little things that count. Day is made up of little beams , and night is glorious with little stars .

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author unknow

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One of the follies of youth is to expect success without patient preparation.

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arnold h glasow

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A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

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s ir john bowring

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Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

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henry ford

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It is to live twice, when we can enjoy the recollections of our former Life.
martial

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martial

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You can never have a greater or a less dominion than over yourself.

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1 daVincl

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There is an unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.

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goldsmlth

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When I get a little money. I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes .

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erasmus

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Kindness means doing a lot of little things kindly and always; not just a big thing now and then.

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neville hobson

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What we do best and most perfectly is what we have most thoroughly learned by the longest practice, and at length it falls from us without our notice, as a leaf from a tree.

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thoreau

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One more smile

ponder for 20 seconds a blessing

pause before praying

record something spiritual

express some righteous yearning within the heart

do something in a special way that says I love you

read one verse of scripture out loud

have three gratitude moments today

really forgive someone today

see the beauty in one aspect of your life

this week say a gratitude prayer

listen and quickly respond to a slight whispering of the spirit

be the first to say I am sorry

give an extra complement

take a moment to look deeply into the eyes of someone you love

celebrate someone victories with them note phone call hug

repeat with the Lords help I can do this

see yourself in the future year 10 in the eternities

be creative at simple daily tasks

a new creative experience

savior a happy memory

remember we are that we might have joy

be more honest in little things

be more exact in keeping a commandment a little progress

do the thing you have procasted— now today first thing

bring a person to lunch

go on a news fast

so no to something that is of less importance

do a small thing that would be better for you health it may what you do not do

find and enjoy the beauty you experience in each say

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charity is involved in every thought and deed, and in our actual living from one moment to another.

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vaughn j featherstone charity never faileth pv

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Exaltation through all eternity is a tremendous idea.

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sterllng w sill Leadership p21

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To know all of the doctrines of the Church by heart and live them to the letter is not equal to the ability to put these doctrines in force in the lives of others.

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sterling w si11 leadership p21

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Great rewards come to us when we respond to common challenges uncommonly . By living righteously, being settled, established, grounded and rooted in the Savior, we have adventure filled experiences that those who only “for a while believe” never do have.

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neal a maxwell we will prOve them ***p55

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The one exclusive sign of a thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

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aristotle

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The mind is the most delicate, most sensitive instrument in all creation.

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david j schwartz the magic of thinking big p105

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Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious.

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david seabury

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You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life

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dr. james 9 bllkey

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I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism .

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charles schwab

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The Family is the most important organization in time or in eternity.

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In top competition a whole new ingredient enters swimming, one that you never know until you reach this level -pain. You learn the pain in practice and you will know it in every race. As you approach the limit of your endurance it begins, coming on gradually, hitting your stomach first. Then your arms grow heavy and your legs tighten -thighs first, then knees. You sink lower in the water because you can’t hold yourself up; you are actually swimming deeper in the water, as though someone were pushing down on your…

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  • **when we see a soul who was once belligerent and is now moving toward meekness) and a soul who was once no more than a bundle of appetites and is now increasingly full of love toward God and man. After all),is such transformation?what He said His work is all about?

c.

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In all of the history of mankind there has never been a time when we have had a greater opportunity to increase our knowledge of the law of the Lord. Each new season brings new lesson manuals, training aids, written words of inspiration, topical guides, cross-referencing systems, recorded tapes, etc., to increase our effectiveness in our study of the scriptures. * Surely there can be no excuse For us not to become the best informed generation of all time in our knowledge of the scriptures. Never before have we had opportunity such as we have today to become real gospel scholars.

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1 tom perry ens may 80 p75

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Criticism has few terrors for a man with a great purpose.

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benjamin disraell

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Then Gable drove home his point: “When you can talk as enthusiastically and convincingly about the things he wants as you did just now about the things you want, and can show him how what you sell will help him get what he wants, you will inevitable get what you want.”

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Elmer G. Leterman
Commissions Don’t Fall From Heaven p4

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When Christmas comes a already yet,
With presents large and presents sweet;
The things I like to find in my stockings best
By Jimminy, are my feet.

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an old Dutchman’s rhyme sterling w sill the mil”’. of personality p112

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What is difficulty? On a word indicating the degree of strength requisite for accomplishing particular objects; a mere notice of the necessity for exertion…

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samuel warren

46
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There are times when mind need to turn to simple things.

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47
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Decision and determination are the engineer and fireman of our train to opportunity and success.

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burt lawlor

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There is nothing like fun, is there? We need all the counterweights we can muster to balance the sad relations of life. God has made sunny spots in the heart; why should we exclude the light from them?

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hallburton

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Whoever perseveres will be crowned.

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herder

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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming It; and difficulties are but the maids of honor to set off the virtue.

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moliere

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Work, every hour; paid or unpaid; see only that thou work and thou canst not escape thy reward. Whether thy work be fine or coarse, planting corn, or writing specs, so only it be honest work, done to thine own approbation, it shall earn a reward to the senses , as well as to the thought. The reward of a thing well done , is to have done it.

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emer s on

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Like the bees we should make our industry our amusement.

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goldsmith

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Industry ls not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot enjoy, for it is labor only which gives relish to pleasure. It ls the indispensable condition of possessing a sound mird in a sound body, and is the appointed vehicle of every good to man.

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bla[r

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We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much; a vulgar and trite maxim, which an the world know, but which an the world does not practise.
bruyere

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bruyere

55
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The haunts of happiness are varied, but I have more often found her among little children, home firesides, and country houses than anywhere else.

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sydney smith

56
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No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry ls the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one.

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colton Haste

57
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Lord Nelson, to which he ascribed his success in life, of always being ten minutes too early.

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bovee

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Health is the greatest of all possessions; a pale, cobbler ls better-than a sick king.

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bicker-staff

59
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I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life, than on the nature of those events themselves.

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humboldt

60
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What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.

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john howe

61
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Anyone can carry his burden, however hard until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really
means.

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robert louis stevenson

62
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The future that we study and plan for begins today.

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chester 0 fischer

63
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We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

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johann wolfgang von goethe

64
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I wonder if ever you change human beings with arguments alone: either by peppering them with little sharp facts or by blowing them up with great guns of truth. You scare them, but do you make any real difference in human beings without understanding them and loving them . For when you argue with a man, you are somehow trying to pull him down and make him less–but when you try to understand him, when you like him, how eager is he then to know the truth you have and you add to him in some strange way , you make him more than he was before; and at the same time, you yourself become more .

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david grayson

65
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Give me love and work -these two only.

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wHllam morris

66
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· .. the more a man gives, the more he receives; the more he teaches , the more he learns ; the more happiness he bestows, the happier he becomes.

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david 0 mckay

67
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The great art of learning, is to undertake but little at a time.

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locke

68
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Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak approving, cheering words while their ears can hear them and while their hearts can be thrilled by them.

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hen~ ward beecher

69
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Method will teach you to win time.

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goethe

70
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The happiest life ls that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.

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hamerton

71
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

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72
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This is the true joy of life -the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.

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9 b shaw

73
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If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success ,it would be thorough ongoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It ls a habit which every one of us should be seeking ever more to perfect.

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eugene g grace

74
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the building blocks of close relationships are always words of love and appreciation. When expressed feelings draw us together, close relationships are walls of strength in our lives. We can lean on them and feel supported and protected by them. But we can only give and enjoy this strength if we learn to express the good things we feel.

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darla hant<:s

75
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Associate reverently, and as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

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henry thoreau

76
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When I pass a man with head erect, chin in, shoulders square, abdomen in, he is such an
inspiration to me that I straighten up, too. Straighten Up!

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wiIIiam h danforth i dare you pSg

77
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No man is in true health who can not stand in the free air of heaven, with his feet on God’s free turf, and thank his Creator for the simple luxury of physical existence.

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t w higginson

78
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Dr. Hugh Nibley said something life this: The mind will take a terrible revenge if one does not think on constructive things. It will reach out and grasp anything that is nearby . It is being worried a ll of the time, twenty-four hours a day . Consciously or subconsciously, it is involved . So, controlled thinking is the hardest work we do and it is the very essence of life, the meaning of being.

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vaughn j featherstone comm itment p29

79
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…the Prophet Joseph Smith, particularly during the latter and crowning years of his mortal ministry, repeatedly exhorted the saints to press forward with that steadfastness in Christ which would enable them to make their calling and election sure. “I am going on in my progress for eternal life,” he said of himself; and then in fervent pleading to all the saints, he exclaimed: “Oh! I beseech you to go forward, go forward go forward and make your calling and your election sure. “ (Teachings, p366)

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bruce r mcconkie

80
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But in a fuller and more complete sense, the promises deal with celestial marriage, with the continuation of the family unit in eternity, with eternal increase, with having spirit children forever so that (literally) they will outnumber the particles of the earth and the near infinite number of stars in all the galaxies of the sidereal heavens. And in this greater and more important sense all of these same blessings become the
inheritance of all saints who live the law of Abraham and enter into the same order of matrimony which blessed his life and that of Isaac and Jacob.

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bruce r mccon(ie
doctrinal n t commentary p204

81
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In large measure, the spirit children of the Father who acquired a talent for spirituality, who chose to heed the divine word then given, and who sought, above their fellows, to do good and work righteousness -all these were foreordained to be born in the house of Israel. They were chosen before they were born. This is the doctrine of election. They were true and faithful in the premortal life, and they earned the right to be born as the Lord’s people and to have the privilege, on a preferential basis, of believing and obeying the word of truth. Believing blood, the blood of Abraham, flows in their veins. They are the ones of whom Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” (John 10:27-28)

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bruce r mcconl(le the mi II ennlal messiah p182

82
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They are the promises of a continuation of the family unit in eternity; of posterity in numbers as the dust of the earth and the stars in the firmament; of eternal increase; and of the consequent glory, and honor and exaltation, and eternal life inherent in such a way of eternal existence.

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bruce r mcoonl<ie the millennial messiah p267

83
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Of this infinitely great and glorious work the Prophet said: It is the greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead.” (Teachlngs, p356) It is a work that exceeds in magnitude even the preaching of the gospel in all nations, for it will go forward and be one of the dominant undertakings of the Millennium itself.

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bruce r mcconl.(ie the millennial messiah p269

84
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I saw Brother Brigham and Brother Heber ride in (a) carriage ahead of the carriage in which I rode when I was on my way to attend conference; and they were dressed in the most priestly robes. When we arrived at our destination I asked President Young if he would preach to us. He said , “No, I have finished m y testimony in the Flesh I shall not talk to this people any more . But (said he) I have come to see you; I have come to watch over you. and to see what the people are doing. Then (said he) I want you to teach the people and I want you to follow this counsel yourself -that they must labor and so live as to obtain the Holy Spirit, for without this you cannot build up the kingdom; without the spirit of God you are in danger of walking in the dark, and in danger of failing to accomplish your calling as apostles and as elders in the church and kingdom of God. And, said he, Brother Joseph taught me this principle.” “Every man and woman in this Church should labor to get that Splrlt. We are surrounded by these evil spirits that are at war against God and against everything looking to the building up of the kingdom of God; and we need this Holy Spirit to enable us to overcome these influences. “

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w woodruff

85
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The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.

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plutarch

86
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step ,from success to another, forming new wishes and see ing them gratified . He that labors in any great or laudable undertaking has his fatigues first supported by hope and afterward rewarded by joy .

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johnson

87
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

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bacon

88
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Back of the work, back of the sorrows, back of the life ever glows the ideal . How constantly we keep our eyes upon it determines whether we shall fall as failures along life’s highway or fulfill the divine purpose of our being .

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david 0 mckay my young friends .. . J:>18

89
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“I dream dreams and see visions and then I paint my dreams and my visions,” was the reply of Raphael to one who had asked him how he had made his marvelous pictures.

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david 0 mckay my young friends *** p18

90
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Man’ s earthly existence is but a test as to whether he will concentrate his efforts, his mind, his soul upon things which contribute to the comfort and gratification of his physical instincts and passions, or whether he will make as his life’s end and purpose the acquisition of spiritual qualities .

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david 0 mckay secrets of a happy 1 iFe p 172

91
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The secret of happiness lies within each of us, side by side with our resolutions and desires .

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david 0 mckay secrets of a happy 1 iFe p 172

92
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The Lord wants us to be our best; he wants us to achieve our highest possibilities. This ls the purpose of the gospel.

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mar”ion d hanks the gift of self p275

93
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“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”

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marton d hanks the gift of self p274

94
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There is no excellence without labor.

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marion d hanks the gift of self p251

95
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Realize that every thought wilI affect your progress .

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david 0 mckay
secrets of a happy life p150

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