Life is to be enjoyed, not endured.
GORDON B. HINCKLEY
GORDON B. HINCKLEY
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In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley God will always make a way where there is no way.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Try a little harder to be a little better.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley 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.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley 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.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we’ll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley 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.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Never assume that you can make it alone. You need the help of the Lord. Never hesitate to get on your knees in some private place and speak with Him.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley 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. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Quiet talk is the language of love. It is the language of peace. It is the language of God.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the blessings of the Lord;then stand on your feet and do what you are asked to do.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Work will cure your grief. Serve others.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley I am suggesting that we spend a little less time in idleness, in the fruitless pursuit of watching inane and empty television programs. Time so utilized can be put to better advantage, and the consequences will be wonderful.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
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Howard SchultzHoward Schultz I’ve got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn’t a happy bunny.
Elton JohnElton John I never fought back. I have always endured.
Daisy BernardezDaisy Bernardez Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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