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“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
― A. A. Milne

“Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.”
― A.A. Milne

“Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“Try a little harder to be a little better.”
― 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

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

“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

“In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“Be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Way to Be!: 9 Rules For Living the Good Life

“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

“Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“I am the last leaf on the tree, and the wind is blowing.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.”
― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Our motives and thoughts ultimately influence our actions. Jesus repeatedly emphasized the power of good thoughts and proper motives: 'Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not'

In Proverbs we read, 'For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he”
― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever.”
― John Bytheway

“don't do things that kill you.”
― John Bytheway, What Are You Carrying in Your Backpack?

“you cannot find happiness, outside the plan of happiness!”
― John Bytheway

“The best way to prepare for death is to live life to its fullest. ”
― John Bytheway

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
― Mark Twain

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
― John Lennon

“I've got nothing to do today but smile.”
― Simon and Garfunkel

“Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.”
― Mae West

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!