April 1994 General Conference Sunday Morning

Thomas S. Monson -The Path to Peace

• In a world where peace is such a universal quest, we sometimes wonder why violence walks our streets.
• "Anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything."
• Three Ideas to prompt our thinking and guide our footsteps
• First: Search inward.
• Peace cannot be imposed. It must come from the lives and hearts of men. There is no other way.
• Frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time.
• Second: Reach outward.
• Number three: Look heavenward.
• His example points the way. When faced with temptation, He shunned it. When offered the world, He declined it. When asked for his life, He gave it.

Howard W. Hunter -"What Manner of Men Ought Ye to Be?"

• The world is full of people who are willing to tell us, "Do as I say." Surely we have no lack of advice givers on about every subject. But we have so few who are prepared to say, "Do as I do."
• We must know Christ better than we know him; we must remember him more often than we remember him; we must serve him more valiantly than we serve him.

Merrill J. Bateman -Stretching the Cords of the Tent

• I pledge my all to the service of the Master.

H. David Burton -Courage to Hearken

• "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."
• "Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord."
• "Courage becomes a living and attractive virtue when it is regarded not as a willingness to die manfully, but the determination to live decently."
• The courageous man finds a way, and the ordinary man fins an excuse.
• "One of the great tragedies we witness almost daily is the tragedy of men of high aim and low achievement. Their motives are noble. their proclaimed ambition is praiseworthy. Their capacity is great. But their discipline is weak. They succumb to indolence. Appetite robs them of will."
• "Equipment:"
• Two arms, to hands, two legs, two eyes,
• And a brain to use if you would be wise.
• With this equipment they all began,
• So start for the top and say, "I can."
• ...
• You are the handicap you must face,
• You are the one who must choose your place,
• You must say where you want to go,
• How much you will study the truth to know.
• god has equipped you for life, but He
• Lets you decide what you want to be.
• ...
• Courage must come form the soul within,
• The man must furnish the will to win.
• So figure it out for yourself, my lad,
• You were born with all that the great have had,
• With your equipment they all began.
• Get hold of yourself, and say: "I can."
• "Live in such a way that people who know you but don't know Christ will wan to know Christ because they know you."

Russell M. Nelson -"Teach Us Tolerance and Love"

• There is a difference between tolerance and tolerate. Your gracious tolerance for an individual does not grant him or her license to do wrong, nor does your tolerance obligate you to tolerate his or her misdeed.
• "We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may."
• Cannot boundary lines exist without becoming battle lines?
• The tongue of the tolerant speaks no guile.
• We are but the builders; the architect is almighty God.
• "Keep all the truth and all the good that you have. Do not abandon any sound or proper principle. Do not forsake any standard of the past which is good, righteous, and true.
• Intolerance seeds contention; tolerance supersedes contention. Tolerance is the key that opens the door to mutual understanding and love.
• An erroneous assumption could be made that if a little of something is good, alot must be better. Not so! Overdoses of needed medication can be toxic. Boundless mercy could oppose justice. So tolerance, without limit, could lead to spineless permissiveness.
• Hatred stirs up strife and digs beneath the dignity of mature men and women in our enlightened era.

Gordon B. Hinckley -The Greatest Miracle in Human History

• Can anyone believe that the Great Creator would provide for life and growth and movement only to snuff it all into oblivion in the process of death? Reason says no. Justice demands a better answer. The God o heaven has given one. The Lord Jesus Christ provided it.

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi