Brent L. Top > Quotes

“Teaching our children to live a quiet, sane, and balanced life is one of the most important parental tasks of our day.”
― Brent Top, Finding Inward Stillness: Practical Applications of Christ's Atonement in Everyday Living

“The organization of the Church should free us to express ourselves in infinite variations within the eternal guidelines that will keep us safe from self-destruction.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace

“We may unintentionally hold up our own or another's well-intended behavior as the standard to meet, rather than the Lord's gentle, steady, and compassionate guidelines and commandments.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace

“It is imperative to personal peace and family harmony that we recognize that even our service in the Church should never become a means of neglecting our more eternal personal and family responsibilities.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace

“A periodic tune-up of our personal priorities and a regular safety inspection of the direction and desired destination of our lives help insure us against major temporal, emotional, and spiritual breakdowns.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace

“We cannot find the kingdom of God simply by looking for it externally, because if we do not carry it within, it will not be recognizable without.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace

“We don't have to pretend that the sun is shining when it isn't, but we must never give up hope that it will shine again.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace

“The Church, with all of its programs and activities, is a resource for families and must never become a substitute for, or even a roadblock to, the eternal family unit.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace

“The Lord never deserts His children. Yet sometimes, like a parent teaching a toddler to walk, He steps back and holds out His arms to see if we can come to Him on our own, thus enhancing our own abilities and understanding.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace

“...the Church is a purely volunteer organization. No member has to do anything he or she doesn't choose to do.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace

“We should remember the wise adage that goals (or commandments, in this case) are stars to guide us and not sticks with which to beat ourselves.”
― Brent L. Top, Finding Inner Peace