On Life

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The choice is how.
~Henry Ward Beecher

Do What is Right

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
~Mark Twain (1835-1910)
   humorist, essayist, novelist

Accomplishments

Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
~Louis "Lou" Holtz (born 1937)
           American Football Coach

Success

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
~George S. Patton (1885-1945)
   American General in World War I and II

Kindness

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
~ Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
    Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Women of God

Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.

~Margaret Nadauld

Five Eternal Truths

To the Singles of the Church

1. The Lord loves us, answers prayers and delights in blessing individuals who keep His commandments, but He does so in His own time and in His own way.

2. We are not saved in isolation.

3. We are responsible for becoming the best disciples of Christ we can become.

4. Learn to know the whisperings of the Holy Ghost.

5. Single adults should remain active members in the church.

~Sister  Kristen Oakes

Living Life

In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.
~Gordon B. Hinckley

Laugh, Love, Life

To laugh often and love much: To win respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; To earn the approbation of honest critics And endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To give one's self; To leave the world a little better, Whether by a healthy child, A garden patch, Or redeemed social condition; To have played and laughed with enthusiasm And sung with exultation; To know even one life has breathed easier Because you have lived... This is to have succeeded.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happines is...

Happiness is a how, not a what; a talent, not an object.
~Herman Hesse (1877-1962);
  Writer, 1946 Prize in Literature recipient

Reading is like Flying...

“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquires.”
~A.C. Grayling, Financial Times (in a review of A History of Reading by Albert Manguel)

Quotes on Life by David O. McKay

What-e're thou art,

Act well thy part.

-Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself. A martyr at the stake may have happiness that a king on his throne might envy. Man is the creator of his own happiness. It is the aroma of life, lived in harmony with high ideals. For what a man has he may be dependent upon others; what he is rests with him alone.

-All good things require effort. That which is worth having will cost part of your physical being, your intellectual power and your soul power. Let us ever keep in mind that life is largely what we make it.

-In choosing a companion, it is necessary to study the disposition, the inheritance, and training of the one with whom you are contemplating making life's journey.

-I'm going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to be kind.

-Every noble impulse, every unselfish expression of love; every brave suffering for the right; every surrender of self to something higher than self; every loyalty to an ideal; every unselfish devotion to principle; every helpfulness to humanity; every act of self-control; every fine courage of the soul, undefeated by pretense or policy, but by being, doing, and living of good for the very good's sake--that is spirituality.

-What a man thinks about when he doesn't have to think is really what he is. What a man does in his spare time when nobody is watching is literally who he is.

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Just Haven't Met You Yet...

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