The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYThere 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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Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.
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If you do not choose the kingdom of God, it does not matter what you choose instead.
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There is no obstacle too great, no challenge too difficult, if we have faith.
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Let your first interest be in your home. The baby you hold in your arms will grow quickly as the sunrise and the sunset of the rushing days.
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Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.
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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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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.
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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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A truly educated man never ceases to learn.
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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.
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You can’t plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.
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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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Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it’s always constant.
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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.
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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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Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.
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If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel.
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The greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging and rearing her children in righteousness and truth. None other can adequately take her place.
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There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.
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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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Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.
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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.
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Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations.
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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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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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