- We do not "step down" when we are released, and we do not "step up" when we are called. There is no "up or down" in the service of the Lord. There is only "forward or backward," and that difference depends on how we accept and act upon our releases and our callings.
- It is time ... to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
- Latter-day Saints surely recognize that qualifying for exaltation is not a matter of asserting rights but a matter of fulfilling responsibilities.
Donald L. Hallstrom -What Manner of Men?
- Once any of us conclude-- "That's just the way I am," we give up our ability o change.
- We meet with the hope that our future, no matter our history, can be better.
- Selfishness is the antitheses of priesthood responsibility, and if it is a trait of our character, we need to change.
Randall L. Ridd -The Choice Generation
- What we insistently desire, over time, is what we will eventually become and what we will receive in eternity.
- Only by educating and training our desires can they become ur allies instead of our enemies!
- Agency is your power to become.
- As important as it is to leave home every day with a full charge on your cell phone, it is far more important to be fully charged spiritually.
- Many of us immediately stop whatever we are ding to read a text message--should we not place even ore importance on messages from the Lord?
- Be where you are when you are there.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf -Are You Sleeping through the Restoration?
- When our time in mortality is complete, what experiences will we be able to share about our own contribution to this significant period of our lives and to the furthering of the Lord's work? Will we be able to say that we rolled up our sleeves and labored with all our heart, might, mind, and strength? Or will we have to admit that our role was mostly that of an observer?
- When we seek self-service over selfless-service, our priorities become centered on our own recognition and pleasure.
- Addictions are thin threads of repeated action that weave themselves into thick bonds of habit.
- We are designed to soar freely through the heavens.
- We are not meant to be shackled to the earth, imprisoned in strait-jackets of our own making.
- The best defense against addiction is never to start.
- The most important thing is to keep trying--sometimes it takes several attempts before people find success.
- Keep your heart close to the Lord, and He will give you the power of deliverance. He will make you free.
Henry B. Eyring -The Priesthood Man
- When we choose heroes, we begin to copy, consciously or unconsciously, what we admire most in them.
Thomas S. Monson -Be Strong and of a Good Courage
- In order for us to make the correct decisions, courage is needed--the courage to say no when we should, the courage to say yes when that is appropriate, the courage to do the right thing because it is right.
- We can help ourselves in our desire to do what is right if we put ourselves in places and participate in activities where our thoughts are influenced for good and where the Spirit of the Lord will be comfortable.
- If you ever find yourself where you shouldn't be, get out!
- Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.
- The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are inner tests, like remaining faithful when no one's looking, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.
- Inner courage also includes doing the right thing even though we may be afraid, defending our beliefs at the risk of being ridiculed, and maintaining those beliefs even when threatened.
- He who stands steadfastly for that which is right must risk becoming at times disapproved and unpopular.
- It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval.
- Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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