If you go to bed at 10:00 and get up by 6:00 A.M., things will work out for you.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYNo 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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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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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.
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I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something of the divine nature?
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He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.
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A truly educated man never ceases to learn.
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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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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.
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There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.
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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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As you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.
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If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel.
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You can’t plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.
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The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.
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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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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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Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
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Whatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.
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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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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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Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it’s always constant.
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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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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.
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Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.
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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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Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future.
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I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.
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