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“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a
contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection.”
― Hugh Nibley

“No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.”
― Hugh Nibley

“God's command to have dominion over every living thing is a call to service, a test of responsibility, a rule of love, a cooperation with nature, whereas Satan's use of force for the sake of getting gain renders the earth uninhabitable. Brigham Young's views on the environment direct attention to man's responsibility to beautify the earth, to eradicate the influences of harmful substances, and to use restraint, that the earth may return to its paradisiacal glory.”
― Hugh Nibley, Brother Brigham Challenges the Saints

“Beauty is whatever gives joy.”
― Hugh Nibley

“I would rather be a doorkeeper in the House of the Lord than mingle with the top brass in the tents of the wicked.”
― Hugh Nibley

“Doctors and trainers often see perfectly developed bodies, but nobody can even begin to imagine what a perfect *mind* would be like; that is where the whole range of progress and growth must take place.”
― Hugh Nibley, Of all things!: A Nibley quote book

“The book of Isaiah is a tract for our own times; our very aversion to it testifies to its relevance.”
― Hugh Nibley, Old Testament and Related Studies

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
― Brigham Young

“It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.”
― Brigham Young

“To be gentle and kind, modest and truthful, to be full of faith and integrity, doing no wrong is of God; goodness sheds a halo of loveliness around every person who possesses it, making their countenances beam with light, and their society desirable because of its excellency. They are loved of God, of holy angels, and of all the good earth, while they are hated, envied, admired, and feared by the wicked. ”
― Brigham Young

“If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!”
― Brigham Young

“There is no music in hell, for all good music belongs to heaven.”
― Brigham Young

“The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.”
― Brigham Young

“Pray as though everything depended on the Lord and work as though everything depended on you.”
― Brigham Young

“It is difficult to find anything more healthy to drink than good cold water, such as flows down to us from springs and snows of our mountains. This is the beverage we should drink. It should be our drink at all times.”
― Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Volume 12

“[Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul.”
― Brigham Young

“All I have to do is keep my spirit, feelings and conscience like a sheet of blank paper, and let the Spirit and power of God write upon it what He pleases. When He writes, I will read; but if I read before He writes, I am very likely to be wrong”
― Brigham Young

“It is our duty to improve upon every blessing the Lord gives to us.”
― Brigham Young

“It is the duty of a Saint of God to gain all the influence he can on this earth, and to use every particle of that influence to do good.”
― Brigham Young

“Instead of preparing to die, prepare to live in the midst of all the exaltations of the Gods”
― Brigham Young

“If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.”
― Brigham Young

“Honest hearts produce honest actions.”
― Brigham Young

“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

“Aim high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is that he will love you, that he will respect you, that he will honor you, that he will be absolutely true to you, that he will give you the freedom of expression and let you fly in the development of your own talents. He is not going to be perfect, but if he is kind and thoughtful, if he knows how to work and earn a living, if he is honest and full of faith, the chances are you will not go wrong, that you will be immensely happy.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

“The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?”
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

“Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart concerning things divine.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“The remedy for most marital stress is not in divorce. It is in repentance and forgiveness, in sincere expressions of charity and service. It is not in separation. It is in simple integrity that leads a man and a woman to square up their shoulders and meet their obligations. It is found in the Golden Rule, a time-honored principle that should first and foremost find expression in marriage.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes