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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Choose your love. Love your choice.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.”
― Thomas S. Monson, Pathways to Perfection: Discourses of Thomas S. Monson

“Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.”
― Barbara Johnson

“Remember who you are and what God expects you to become.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“Youth need less critics and more models.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“Find joy in the journey.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“Don't give up... Don't you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead... You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.
(Nov. 2015 General Conference)”
― Jeffrey R. Holland

“Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don't come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come.”
― Jeffrey R. Holland

“If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived. (The Inconvenient Messiah, BYU Speeches, Feb 15, 1982)”
― Jeffrey R. Holland

“When life is hard, remember - we are not the first to ask, 'Is there no other way?”
― Jeffrey R. Holland

“God not only loves the obedient - He enlightens them.”
― Henry B. Eyring

“You need never be discouraged or afraid. The way through difficulties has always been prepared for you, and you will find it if you exercise faith.”
― Henry B. Eyring

“If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill.”
― Henry B. Eyring

“You could ask yourself, 'How did God Bless me today?' If you do that long enough and with faith, you will find yourself remembering blessings. And sometimes you will have gifts brought to your mind which you failed to notice during the day, but which you will then know were a touch of God's hand in your life.”
― Henry B. Eyring

“Whether or not you choose to keep your covenant to always remember Him, He always remembers you.”
― Henry B. Eyring

“Every person is different and has a different contribution to make. No one is destined to fail.”
― Henry B. Eyring

“Life is to be enjoyed, not endured”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“Try a little harder to be a little better.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand a Little Taller: Counsel and Inspiration for Each Day of the Year

“Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“You have not failed until you quit trying.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley