“Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength” -- Eric Hoffer
“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” Mother Teresa
In jealousy there is more self-love than love. ~François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
"Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity." 1 Peter 5:14
"I believe that sin is a special form of insanity, that it reflects a kind of 'blackout' in which we either lack perspective about consequences of our thoughts, words, and actions, or we lose it temporarily." Neal A. Maxwell Ensign April 1974 pg. 21
“Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” Winston Churchill
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"We have found the enemy, and he is us." Walt Kelly
“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Men are respectable only as they respect” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy” Walter Anderson
“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” Dorothy Bernard
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” Albert Einstein
“We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be” C.S. Lewis
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” Mother Teresa
“When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears.” Anthony Robbins
Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense. William Penn
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” Lewis B. Smedes
“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.”
“Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.” Susan Taylor
“Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.” Thomas Merton
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill
"Our motives and thoughts ultimately influence our actions. Jesus repeatedly emphasized the power of good thoughts and proper motives: 'Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not' (D&C 6:36). "In Proverbs we read, 'For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he' (Proverbs 23:7)." Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa
Love is blind -- marriage is the eye-opener. Pauline Thomason
“We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.” Stephen R. Covey
“Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.” Alex Tan
“Accountability breeds response-ability.” Stephen R. Covey
The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him. ~William McGill
“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Mark Twain
“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.” Buddha
"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave." Mahatma Gandhi
“He that can have Patience, can have what he will” Benjamin Franklin
“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” William James
“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” – Hellen Keller
“The great thing is that as long as we live we have the privilege of growing. We can learn new skills, engage in new kinds of work, devote ourselves to new causes, make new friends. Accepting then the truth that we are capable in some directions and limited in others, that genius is rare, that mediocrity is the portion of most of us, let us remember that we can and must change ourselves. Until the day of our death we can grow. We can tap hidden resources in our makeup.” Dr. Joshua Liebman
"Trust yourselves to the Lord who sees the end from the beginning--and all that is in between!" Elder Neal A. Maxwell
"No matter how difficult something you or a loved one faces, it should not take over your life and be the center of all your interest." Richard G. Scott
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. Corrie Ten Boom
"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13
"Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers." D&C 112:10
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"Prayer requires more of the heart than the tongue." Adam Clarke
"Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism." Richard C. Edgley
"This mortal life is a proving ground. How well you meet its challenges determines how strong your character will be. Your faith in Jesus Christ and His teachings fortifies your character." Elder Richard G. Scott
To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. (Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis Into The Wardrobe
"The Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord." Mosiah 24:15
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. ~Dr. Alexis Carrel
“If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.” John Maxwell
Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. ~Henry David Thoreau
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“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t.” Don Williams, Jr
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
“When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears” Anthony Robbins
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. ~Josh Billings
The most fruitful lesson is the conquest of one’s own error. Whoever refuses to admit error may be a great scholar but he is not a great learner. Whoever is ashamed of error will struggle against recognizing and admitting it, which means that he struggles against his greatest inward gain. Goethe, Reflections and Maxims from http://www.truth-in-quotes.com
“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” William James
As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength. IVAN PANIN
“To increase your effectiveness, make your emotions subordinate to your commitments” Brian Koslow
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” Thomas Jefferson
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher http://www.brainyquote.com
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“Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before.” Margaret Lee Runbeck
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. Mohandas Gandhi http://www.brainyquote.com
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Reinhold Niebuhr
Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. ~Mary C. Crowley From quotegarden.com
To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. (Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis Into The Wardrobe
When the power of Christ controls your life, you will be dominated not by your weaknesses but by his Spirit, who will provide sufficient strength of compensate for them. Tim LaHaye
Sisters, wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, you are not forgotten. No matter how dark your days may seem, no matter how insignificant you may feel, no matter how overshadowed you think you may be, your Heavenly Father has not forgotten you. In fact, He loves you with an infinite love. President Uchtdorf
"Those who would follow Christ cannot subscribe to the slogan, "I did it my way."" E. Richard Packham, "Born of the Spirit"
A lot of people say they want to get out of pain, and I'm sure that's true, but they aren't willing to make healing a high priority. They aren't willing to look inside to see the source of their pain in order to deal with it. Lindsay Wagner
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