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The course of our lives is not determined by great, awesome decisions. Our direction is set by the little day-to-day choices which chart the track on which we run.

Gordon B. Hinckley

There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.
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Dull Negative Personality
A truly educated man never ceases to learn.
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Education Learning Man True
You must ask for God’s help. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.
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Failure Forgiveness God Try Yourself
There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer.
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Family Happiness Marriage Oneself Prayer Respect
Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.
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Different Earth Humble Live Ourselves Recognition See
No matter how old we become, we can acquire knowledge and use it. We can gather wisdom and profit from it. We can grow and progress and improve-and, in the process, strengthen the lives of those within our circle of influence.
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Improvement Influence Knowledge Live Old Ourselves Progress Strength Wisdom
By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
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Complain Ourselves See Thinking
The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.
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Happiness Himself Man Sacrifice
Do not let fear overcome your efforts.
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Effort Fear Yourself
We live in a world where knowledge is developing at an ever-accelerating rate. Drink deeply from this ever-springing well of wisdom and human experience.
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Development Experience Human Knowledge Live Wisdom World
You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others.
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Contribution Enough Goodness Place Presence Yourself
We seldom get into trouble when we speak softly. It is only when we raise our voices that the sparks fly and tiny molehills become great mountains of contention.
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Greatness Ourselves Speak Trouble Voice
Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.
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Eyes Face Heart Life Purpose Smile Yourself
Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.
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Average Better Capability Yourself
It is imperative that good people, men and women of principle, be involved in the political process; otherwise we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.
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Design Goodness Man People Power Selfish Woman
The truest mark of your success in life will be the quality of your marriage.
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Life Mark Marriage Quality Success True Yourself

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