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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Speaker: EpictetusPosted: 04 Jan 2011 at 9:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Speaker: Mark TwainPosted: 04 Jan 2011 at 9:23 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon
Speaker: unknownPosted: 04 Jan 2011 at 9:35 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“If we really believe in eternity, why are we in such a hurry?
And why are we too busy for things that would be appropriate for those who have the special perspective of the Gospel?”Speaker: Neal A. MaxwellSource: For the Power is Unto ThemPosted: 23 Feb 2011 at 12:53 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
One of the ironies which is fostered, at times innocently, in the Church, is the feeling we have that the spirit of the law is superior to the letter of the law because for some reason it seems more permissive or less apt to offend others. The reverse is true. The spirit of the law is superior because it demands more of us that the letter of the law. The spirit of the law insists that we do more than merely comply superficially. It means, too, that we must give attention to the things that matter most and still not leave the others undone.
Speaker: Neal A. MaxwellSource: For the Power is Unto ThemPosted: 23 Feb 2011 at 1:53 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The ancient Spartans left us a vision that is a more precise analogy than Massada. Outnumbered by the Persians, according to legend, the Spartans had to hold the pass at Thermopylae. After failing to take the pass, the Persians sent an emissary to the Spartans, who asked them to surrender and threatened them by saying that the Persians had so many archers they could “darken the sky with their arrows.” The Spartans replied: “So much the better, we shall fight in the shade.” We, too, may need to hold the pass in the shade of vexing circumstances; and we, too, need to be undaunted, but that is easier to do, if we carefully cultivate a realistic sense of destiny.
Speaker: Neal A. MaxwellSource: For the Power is Unto ThemPosted: 23 Feb 2011 at 1:57 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“There is but one quality necessary for the perfect understanding of character, one quality that, if man have it, he may dare to judge—that is, omniscience. Most people study character as a proofreader pores over a great poem: his ears are dulled to the majesty and music of the lines, his eyes are darkened to the magic imagination of the genius of the author; that proofreader is busy watching for an inverted comma, a misspacing, or a wrong font letter. He has an eye trained for the imperfections, the weaknesses. …
“We do not need to judge nearly so much as we think we do. This is the age of snap judgments. … [We need] the courage to say, ‘I don’t know. I am waiting further evidence. I must hear both sides of the question.’ It is this suspended judgment that is the supreme form of charity”
Speaker: William George JordanSource: “The Supreme Charity of the World,” The Kingship of Self-Control [n.d.], 27–30Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 12:37 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There is no greater sorrow than regret, no greater power than love and no greater gift than forgiveness.
Speaker: UnknownSource: Trailer for There be DragonsPosted: 01 Mar 2011 at 10:20 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There are two mistakes on can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting
Speaker: BuddhaPosted: 05 Apr 2011 at 7:59 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Speaker: Leo BuscagliaPosted: 12 Apr 2011 at 8:57 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There is no love without sacrifice.
Posted: 14 Oct 2010 at 12:59 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
In the end we will only just remember how it feels.
Speaker: Rob ThomasSource: "Little Wonders", song lyrics, "Meet the Robinsons" soundtrackPosted: 13 Oct 2010 at 3:24 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.
Thus the sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully and act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there. If such conduct does not make you feel cheerful, nothing else on that occasion can.
So, to feel brave, act as if we were brave. Use all of our will to that end, and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.Speaker: William JamesPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:08 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.
Speaker: William of OccamSource: 4 Hour WorkweekPosted: 26 Aug 2008 at 8:09 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Life asks of you what it thinks you can handle.
Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 11:23 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
Speaker: William JamesPosted: 17 Aug 2010 at 10:16 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Not every picture needs a caption.
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It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
Speaker: Henry David ThoreauPosted: 02 Jul 2010 at 2:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
Speaker: Winston ChurchillPosted: 25 Jun 2010 at 2:54 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I believe that one of the greatest sins of which the inhabitants of the earth are guilty today is the sin of ingratitude.
Speaker: Joseph SmithPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 11:43 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!