- When you put your trust in your dad, he will feel the responsibility of that trust and try harder than ever to understand and to help.
- Let's be honest: he is probably going to give you his advice whether you ask for it or not, but it just works so much better when you ask!
- In my experience, fathers who are asked for advice try harder to give good, sound, useful counsel. By asking your father for advice, you not only receive the benefit of his input, but you also provide him with a little extra motivation to strive to be a better father and a better man. He will think more carefully about whatever it is that he advises, and he will work harder to "walk the talk."
- A one-on-one relationship should be a routine part of your stewardship with your sons.
- Remember, conversation where you do 90 percent of the talking is not a conversation.
- Don't think you have to try to fix everything or solve everything during these visits. Most of the time, the best thing you can do is just listen. Fathers who listen more than they talk find that their sons share more about what is really going on in their lives.
- Continue to do all you can to maintain strong family relationships. Never give up, even when fervent prayer in their behalf is all you can do. These precious sons of yours are your sons forever!
- Dare to have the 'big talks' with your sons.
Walter F. Gonzalez -Becoming More Powerful Priesthood Holders
- "As we read the Book of Mormon and the other standards works, as we put the teachings to the test, then we will know of the doctrine, for this is our promise; we will know whether it be of man or whether it be of God."
- The full application of the teachings of the Book of Mormon does require priesthood ordinances with their associated covenants.
- God, in His infinite wisdom, reserved the Book of Mormon for our benefit. Its purpose is not to become a best seller. Nevertheless, we can t urn this sacred book into a best-read and best-applied book in our life.
Yoon Hwan Choi -I Love Loud Boys
- "May I now direct your attention to the importance of attending all of your Church meetings. Faithful attendance at Church meetings brings blessings you can receive in no other way."
- Dear brethren, let us love our boys--although some of them are loud boys. Let us teach them to change their lives. Modern sons of Helaman come not only from our precious families within the Church but also from new and young converts who do not have parents in the gospel. You and your wives are to be their "goodly parents" until they become like the sons of Helaman.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf -Two Principles for Any Economy
- How I admire men, women, and children who know how to work!
- Those who are unafraid to roll up their sleeves and lose themselves in the pursuit of worthwhile goals are a blessing to their families, communities, nations, and to the Church.
- The Lord doesn't expect us to work harder than we are able. He doesn't (nor should we) compare our efforts to those of others. Our Heavenly Father asks only that we do the best we can--that we work according to our full capacity, however great or small that may be.
- Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility. Whatever our circumstances in life, my dear brethren, let us do the best we can and cultivate a reputation for excellence in all that we do. Let us set our minds and bodies to the glorious opportunity for work that each new day presents.
- When our wagon gets stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out to push than the man who merely raises his voice in prayer--no matter how eloquent the oration. President Thomas S. Monson put it this way: "It is not enough to want to make the effort and to say we'll make the effort. ... It's in the doing, not just the thinking, that we accomplish our goals. If we constantly put our goals off, we will never see them fulfilled."
- A great part of our work on this earth is to endure joyfully to the end--every day of our life.
- Whether you are the youngest deacon or the oldest high priest, there is work to do!
- Education is not so much the filling of a bucket as the lighting of a fire.
- "Knowledge does away with darkness, [anxiety], and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is."
Henry B. Eyring -Be Ready
- Yet all is not perfect in Zion. Not all of the youth choose to prepare. That choice must be their own. They are responsible for themselves. That is the Lord's way in His loving plan. But many young men have little or no support from those who could help as they prepare. Those of us who can help will be held accountable by the Lord. A father who neglects or interferes with a son's development of faith or his ability to follow inspiration will someday know sorrow. That will be true for anyone placed in a position to help these young men choose wisely and well in their days in the preparatory priesthood.
- As we lead and influence young men, we must never do it to gratify our pride or our ambition. We must never use compulsion in any degree of unrighteousness. That is a high standard of example we must set for our youth.
Thomas S. Monson -School Thy Feelings, O My Brother
- "Cease from anger, and forsake wrath."
- "Anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything."
- "A man's a fool who takes an insult that isn't intended."
- "Can ye be angry, and not sin? Let not the sun go down upon your wrath."
- "For verily, verily I say unto you, he that ha the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.
- "Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away."
- To be angry is to yield to the influence of Satan. No one can make us angry. It is our choice. If we desire to have a proper spirit with us at all times, we must choose to refrain from becoming angry.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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