“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
Work at your talents and dreams
Work is the miracle by which talent is brought to the surface and dreams become
reality.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Joy = Focus
The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.
– Russell M. Nelson
Improvement is a life long journey
None of us will become perfect in a day or a month or a year. We will not
accomplish it in a lifetime, but we can begin now, starting with our more
obvious weaknesses and gradually converting them to strengths. This quest may
be a long one; in fact, will be lifelong. It may be fraught with many mistakes,
with falling down and getting back up again. But we must not sell ourselves
short. We must make a little extra effort. Kneel before God in supplication. He
will comfort, sustain, and bless us.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Reading/Knowledge is Power
In this world there are many who are unable to read or write. For them there is
little light of ages past, and only diminished knowledge of the vast and
intriguing world of the present. The darkness that surrounds them, the bleak
shadow of illiteracy, condemns them to poverty, hunger, and ignorance. Do
whatever you can to help them, whether they be in your home, neighborhood, or
across the world. Bring light into their lives by helping them learn to read.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Moral decay
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Alexander Pope
Not to speak is to speak
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.
Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Learning from the past, living in the present, longing for the future
Of this I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future. – Winston Churchhill
Ordinary can be extraordinary
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary
people who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Moms Know Best
“Remember that God is our only one trust. To Him, I commend you … My son, neglect not the duty of secret prayer.“
– Mary Washington