“Life must be understood backwards. But . . . it must be
lived forwards.”
(Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, journal entry,
1843)
“The Lord doesn’t put us through this test just to give
us a grade; he does it because the process will change us.”
Henry B Eyring, Waiting Upon the Lord, BYU Devotional,
September 30, 1990)
“Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active
noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly
the way he or she is, right here and now.”
(Fred Rogers)
“If you choose not to find joy in the snow you will have
less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow”
(Anonymous)
“James Madison was, as wise people usually are, an
accomplished worrier who rarely worried about the wrong things. It turns out,
however, that he did when, in Federalist 48, he worried about Congress “drawing
all power into its impetuous vortex.” For generations, Congress has been a
centrifugal machine, spinning off powers. Limited government requires a limited
president, which requires limits on what Congress can give away.”
(George F. Will, What’s next, a tariff on peanut butter?,
Washington Post, 8 February 2019)
“Do not confuse reverence with being quiet. Of course
there are times and places when reverence is shown by not speaking or by using
hushed tones. Also, in the correct setting and circumstance, being boisterous
and reverent are not conflicting. Real reverence is simply not doing anything
disrespectful, demeaning, or degrading to the Godhead. It has to do with how we
think, how we act, and how we speak. It relates to our integrity and the way we
treat one another. The level at which we keep the covenants made in the holy
ordinances is a powerful indication of our reverence.”
(Donald L Hallstrom, of the Presidency of the Seventy, Living
a Reverent Life, BYU Devotional, February 12, 2013)
“Joseph Smith declared that the mother who laid down her little child, being deprived of the privilege, the joy, and the satisfaction of bringing it up to manhood or womanhood in this world, would, after the resurrection, have all the joy, satisfaction, and pleasure, and even more than it would have been possible to have had in mortality, in seeing her child grow to the full measure of the stature of its spirit.” (President Joseph F. Smith, GD, 453)
“Recently I heard a chorus of children sing the beloved
song “I Am a Child of God.” I wondered, “Why haven’t I heard that song rendered
more often by singing mothers or faithful fathers?” Are we not all children of
God? In truth, not one of us can ever stop being a child of God!”
(Russell M Nelson, Decisions for Eternity, October
Conference 2013)
“Priesthood means service; bearing the priesthood, I will
serve.”
(Recited each week by the members of the Aaronic
Priesthood of the Fourth Ward of the Pioneer Stake in Salt Lake City, Utah,
under the direction of Bishop William F. Perschon, as recounted by Elder Joseph
B Wirthlin, April Conference 2007)
“Divine covenants make strong Christians. I urge each one
to qualify for and receive all the priesthood ordinances you can and then
faithfully keep the promises you have made by covenant. In times of distress,
let your covenants be paramount and let your obedience be exact. Then you can
ask in faith, nothing wavering, according to your need, and God will answer. He
will sustain you as you work and watch. In His own time and way He will stretch
forth his hand to you, saying, “Here am I.”
(D Todd Christofferson, The Power of Covenants, April
Conference 2009)
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