I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That’s much better than watching television, much better. They won’t get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYCriticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
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There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.
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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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Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.
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If you go to bed at 10:00 and get up by 6:00 A.M., things will work out for you.
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Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
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True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one’s companion.
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Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds.
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Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way.
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It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership…. By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.
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You have not failed until you quit trying.
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Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it’s always constant.
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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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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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The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.
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I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.
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