Be Believing

"Start by doing what is NECESSARY, then what is POSSIBLE & suddenly you're doing the IMPOSSIBLE!"

Francis of Assisi

"Often it's not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don't know how to be"

Heath L Buckmaster

Family

"Each family prayer, each episode of family scripture study and each family home evening is a brushstroke on the canvas of our souls.  No one event may appear very impressive or memorable.  But just as the yellow and gold and brown strokes of paint complement each other and produce an impressive masterpeice, so our consistency in doing seemingly small things can lead to significant spiritual results."

~ David A Bednar - Ensign, Nov, 2009

MIRACLES

"We do not know the future, but our Father in Heaven does, and He will lead and guide us if we let Him. When we are in tune with the Spirit, we will see many small miracles happen in our lives. I have found that having the ability to see and recognize these small miracles is based upon my spiritual worthiness, my willingness to be obedient, and my desire to not allow myself to become complacent and caught up in worldly and personal pursuits."

--Ronald T. Halverson, "Obeying “the Whisperings of the Holy Ghost", Ensign, Aug 2007, 56–58

Be Prayerful & Believing

"God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has.  But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream.  In short, He Can't if you don't believe"

Jeffrey R Holland

A Lesson in Self-Discovery

"Ask me to play - I'll play.

Ask me to shoot - I'll shoot.

Ask me to pass - I'll pass.

Ask me to steal, block, sacrifice,

lead, dominate - ANYTHING -

BUT

It's not what you ask of me,

It's what I ask of myself."

Le Bron James

Life Gems

When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

Change your perception of things and you will change your reality.

LIFE can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards

 - Kierkegaard

Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles.

- M D Babcock

Life Choices

There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist,  
or accept responsibility for changing them."

-Denis Waitley

 

 

"Now we see coming into focus the responsibility to choose, that inevitable crisis at the crossroads of life. He who would lead you down waits patiently for a dark night, a wavering will, a confused conscience, a mixed-up mind. Are you prepared to make the decisions at the crossroads? I can’t stress too strongly that decisions determine destiny. You can’t make eternal decisions without eternal consequences."

--President Thomas S. Monson, "Decisions Determine Destiny", CES Fireside for Young Adults • November 6, 2005 • Brigham Young University

 

 

"The scriptures make the danger of delay clear. It is that we may discover that we have run out of time. The God who gives us each day as a treasure will require an accounting. We will weep, and He will weep, if we have intended to repent and to serve Him in tomorrows which never came or have dreamt of yesterdays where the opportunity to act was past. This day is a precious gift of God. The thought “Someday I will” can be a thief of the opportunities of time and the blessings of eternity."
-Henry B. Eyring, "This Day", Ensign, May 2007, 89–91