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  • I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.

    Speaker: Abraham Lincoln
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:54 PM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: friendship
    Shared By: 2 members; drmccadexavie, MindMeldMom
  • Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing: I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside me.

    Speaker: Abraham Lincoln
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:52 PM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
  • I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.

    Speaker: Abraham Lincoln
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:51 PM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
  • My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I never did like to work, and I don’t deny it. I’d rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh – anything but work.

    Speaker: Abraham Lincoln
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:50 PM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: work
  • What air is to the lungs, compassionate listening is to the soul.

    Compassionate Listening:
    The type of listening that you start to feel what they feel
    and see things as they see things.

    Speaker: Hank Smith
    Source: Trust Matters--How to Be Trusted, BYU Ed Week 2012
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:48 PM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
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    Seller Contact Info
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    Source: from Hank Smith's Ed Week class; Trust Matters--How to be Trusted
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:44 PM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
  • Westrum (1992) describes the Redstone missile development headed by Wernher Von Braun. After careful and painstaking preparation and much to the chagrin and puzzlement of everyone, an early test of the Redstone missile went out of control. It was surprising that one of the engineers reported that he may have accidentally caused a short circuit during the prelaunch testing. Further investigation revealed that indeed the engineer had caused the acci- dent. His openness and honesty in confessing his mistake in the end saved time and money. Costly retesting and expensive redesigns were unnecessary. Upon hearing that the engineer had voluntarily reported the mistake that had caused the out-of-control missile, Von Braun sent the man a bottle of cham- pagne. In many organizations, such mistakes are routinely hidden rather than admitted because punishment, not reward, is the typical consequence. It is in organizations that focus on uncovering failure for the sake of improvement that such open and honest behavior of subordinates is rewarded.

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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:37 PM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: honesty
  • Kindness will beget friendship and favor, but anger or passion will drive away sympathy. To win one’s respect and confidence, approach him mildly, kindly. No friendship was ever gained by an attack upon principle or upon man, but by calm reason and the lowly Spirit of Truth.

    If you have built for a man a better house than his own, and he is willing to accept yours and forsake his, then, and not till then, should you proceed to tear down the old structure. Rotten though it may be it will require some time for it to lose all its charms and fond memories of its former occupant. Therefore let him, not you, proceed to tear it away. Kindness and courtesy are the primal elements of gentility.

    Speaker: Joseph F. Smith
    Source: Letter of 18 May 1896 to Hyrum M. Smith, in From Prophet to Son, pp. 42-43
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:33 PM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
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  • The Savior increased in grace as he lived the commandments of God and blessed the lives of others. His growth was accelerated above that of his fellowmen because of the reciprocal nature of receiving strength of the Spirit when extending grace. That is, he called upon his Father for power and strength to bless others in their need. In answer to his prayers, he was empowered and grew beyond his previous abilities, thus, receiving grace FOR grace. Christ was foremost in reaching out in compassion to others. Therefore, he received greater grace from God in his efforts than any other person.

    Source: Revelations of the Restoration, pp. 672-673
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:14 PM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: becoming, grace
  • “whenever the Holy Ghost takes up its residence in a person, it not only cleanses, sanctifies, and purifies him, in proportion as he yields himself to its influence, but also imparts to him some gift, intended for the benefit of himself and others. ..”

    Source: Masterful Discourses, pp. 539–41
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:05 PM
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  • “When Spirit speaks to spirit, the imprint upon the soul is far more difficult to erase.

    Source: “The First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve,” Improvement Era, Nov. 1966, p. 979.
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:04 PM
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  • To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 11:56 AM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: trust
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  • Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.

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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 11:54 AM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: becoming, habit
  • “Some Christians carry their religion on their backs. It is a packet of beliefs and practices which they must bear. At times it grows heavy and they would willingly lay it down, but that would mean a break with old traditions, so they shoulder it again. But real Christians do not carry their religion, their religion carries them. It is not weight; it is wings. It lifts them up, it sees them over hard places, it makes the universe seem friendly, life purposeful, hope real, sacrifice worthwhile. It sets them free from fear, futility, discouragement, and sin—the great enslavers of men’s souls. You can know a real Christian, when you see him, by his buoyancy”

    Source: Twelve Tests of Character [1923], 87–88
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 11:52 AM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
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  • No man can sincerely resolve to apply to his daily life the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth without sensing a change in his own nature. The phrase, 'born again,’ has a deeper significance than many people attach to it. The changed feeling may be indescribable, but it is real. Happy the person who has truly sensed the uplifting, transforming power that comes from this nearness to the Savior, this kinship to the Living Christ.

    Source: Conference Report, April 1962, 7
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 11:44 AM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: becoming
  • There are spiritual disorders, too, and spiritual diseases that can cause intense suffering. The body and the spirit of man are bound together. Often, very often, when there are disorders, it is very difficult to tell which is which.

    Source: Conference Report, Oct. 1977, p. 89
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 11:32 AM
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  • If belief be a product of the mind, faith is of the heart; belief is founded on reason, faith largely on intuition.

    Source: Talmage, Articles of Faith, 87-88
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 11:30 AM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: belief, faith
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  • The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are accounts of the ministry of Jesus Christ, emphasizing His teachings, parables, miracles, Atonement, death, and Resurrection. In contrast, the Book of Mormon explains WHY the life and teachings of Jesus are so vitally important to the world. In other words, the Gospel writers tell WHAT Jesus did in the Old World. The Book of Mormon writers tell WHY it was so important that He came to earth and performed the Atonement to redeem us all.

    Source: 400 Questions and Answers about the Book of Mormon, Susan Easton Black, page 42
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 11:27 AM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: scriptures
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  • Martin Harris’ rebuke for losing the manuscript:The temporal rebuke happened the very next day he confessed to Joseph Smith about the lost manuscript. Lucy Mack Smith believed it no coincidence that
    “a dense fog spread itself over his fields, and blighted his wheat while in the blow, so that he lost about two-thirds of his crop, whilst those fields which lay only on the opposite side of the road received no injury whatever.

    Speaker: Lucy Mack Smith
    Source: 400 Questions and Answers about the Book of Mormon, Susan Easton Black
    Rating:
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 11:22 AM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
    Tags: consequence
  • Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

    Speaker: Malcolm Gladwell
    Source: Outliers
    Rating:
    1 (1 vote)
    Posted: 26 Aug 2012 at 1:41 PM
    Posted By: Puck
    Tags: work
    Shared By: 5 members; elgriffinsmicha, sdressfancy, oursojeri, winswmlik, Puck