- Did you know that the original Latin meaning of the word amusement is "a diversion of the mind intended to deceive?"
- In the moral realm the only real control you have is self-control.
- "To every man there comes ... that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a special thing unique to him and fitted to his talent. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour."
- Ancient as well as modern Apostles bear witness of the name of Jesus Christ because "there shall be no other name given nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent."
- "Thank you, brothers and sisters, for your sustaining vote. We feel that you have sustained us not only with your hands but also with your hearts and your faith and prayers, which we so urgently need, and pray that you will continue to do so."
- To have living prophets, seers, and revelators among us and not listen to them is no better than not having them at all.
- Satan is the great deceiver, liar, and enemy to all that is good, including our happiness and our well-being.
- When such justifications are given either outright by others or subtly by the whisperings of the tempter, you are warned. Don't listen. Don't experiment. Just don't do it.
- There is no adequate substitute for virtue. God's standards may be challenged everywhere throughout the world, but God has not abrogated his commandments."
- We are royalty.
- Satan is still the captain of the hosts of evil. He is still tempting us.
- "Our first enemy we will find within ourselves. It is a good thing to overcome that enemy first."
- We need to strengthen the good within us.
- Never, never experiment with any addictive substance. Do not ever use tobacco in any form or take any other enslaving substances. Stay away from intoxicating liquor. Addictions bring tragic consequences that are hard to overcome.
- "If you cross the devil's side of the line one inch, you are in the tempter's power, and if he is successful, you will not be able to think or even reason properly, because you will have lost the spirit of the Lord."
- Some people wear masks of decency and outward righteousness but live lives of deception, believing that, they can live a double life and never be found out. James said, "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."
- Hypocrites are those who outwardly wear masks that portray goodness but inwardly practice evil and deceit.
- Noble leaders of young men, you stand at the crossroads in the lives of those whom you teach.
- We can strengthen one another; we have the capacity to notice the unnoticed.
- "Ponder the path of thy feet."
- Look to the lighthouse of the Lord. There is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what its beacon light can rescue. It beckons through the storms of life. The lighthouse of the Lord sends forth signals readily recognized and never failing.
- First: Prayer provides peace.
- Second: Faith precedes the miracle.
- And third: Honesty is the best policy.
- Remember that faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other. Cast out doubt. Cultivate faith.
- In terms of your happiness, in terms of the matters that make you proud or sad, nothing--I repeat, nothing--will have so profound an effect on you as the way your children turn out.
- What a glorious and beautiful thing it is to see the child of your dreams walk with head up, standing tall, unafraid, and with confidence, taking advantage of the tremendous opportunities that open around him or her.
- The first is to encourage them to develop good friendships.
- Every boy or girl longs for friends. No one wishes to walk alone. The warmth, the comfort, the camaraderie of a friend mean everything to a boy or girl.
- Open your homes to the friends of your children. If you find they have big appetites, close your eyes and let them at. Make your children's friends your friends.
- Teach them to importance of education.
- Teach your children self-respect.
- Now comes the craze of tattooing one's body. I cannot understand why any young man--or young woman, for the matter--would wish to undergo the painful process of disfiguring the skin with various multicolored representations of people, animals, and various symbols. With tattoos, the process is permanent, unless there is another painful and costly undertaking to remove it. Fathers, caution your sons against having their bodies tattooed. They may resist your talk now, but the time will come when they will thank you. A tattoo is graffiti ton the temple of the body.
- Likewise the piercing of the body for multiple rings in the ears, in the nose, even in the tongue. Can they possibly think that is beautiful? It is a passing fancy, but its effects can be permanent. Some have gone to such extremes that the ring had to be removed by surgery. The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve have declared that we discourage tattoos and also "the piercing of the body for other than medical purposes." We do not, however, take any position "on the minimal piercing of the ears b y women for one pair of earrings" --one pair.
- Teach them to stay away from drugs.
- Teach them the virtue of honesty.
- Teach them to be virtuous.
- Teach them to look forward to the time when they may be married in the house of the Lord.
- "When people are married, instead of trying to get of each other, reflect that you have made your choice, and strive to honor and keep it, do not manifest that you have acted unwisely and say that you have made a bad choice, nor let any body know that you think you have. You made your choice, stick to it, and strive to comfort and assist each other."
- Teach your children to pray.
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
I was getting ready for school, it was a snowy day and I was having trouble driving through the snowy roads, but somehow managed to get to school on time, only I wasn't sure what classes to go to as it was my 'first' day of school, which was weird because I knew I'd graduated and I couldn't figure out why I'd decided to go back to school. As the classes I'd chosen were rather....useless. Techno stuff, my first class of the day I walked out of because it was like two other people and they were just going to be talking about one guy's kids the entire time which was a waste of my money. So I planned to withdraw from that class, I ended up in a different computery sort of class that was much more likeable but not by much, and I was trying to climb stairs to get to my locker and remember my locker com.....
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
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