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“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

“It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“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

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

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

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

“Stick to a task 'til it sticks to you. . .for beginners are many, but finishers few.”
― Thomas S. Monson

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

“Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged, adapted, adulterated, shredded, and boiled down, it is mind-easing and mind-inspiring to sit down privately with a congenial book.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. Let us not put off what is important.”
― 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

“Never let a problem to be solved, become more important than a person to be loved.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved.

As we remember that “when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God,” (Mosiah 2:17) we will not find ourselves in the unenviable position of Jacob Marley’s ghost, who spoke to Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s immortal "Christmas Carol." Marley spoke sadly of opportunities lost. Said he: 'Not to know that any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness. Not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused! Yet such was I! Oh! such was I!'

Marley added: 'Why did I walk through crowds of fellow-beings with my eyes turned down, and never raise them to that blessed Star which led the Wise Men to a poor abode? Were there no poor homes to which its light would have conducted me!'

Fortunately, as we know, Ebenezer Scrooge changed his life for the better. I love his line, 'I am not the man I was.'

Why is Dickens’ "Christmas Carol" so popular? Why is it ever new? I personally feel it is inspired of God. It brings out the best within human nature. It gives hope. It motivates change. We can turn from the paths which would lead us down and, with a song in our hearts, follow a star and walk toward the light. We can quicken our step, bolster our courage, and bask in the sunlight of truth. We can hear more clearly the laughter of little children. We can dry the tear of the weeping. We can comfort the dying by sharing the promise of eternal life. If we lift one weary hand which hangs down, if we bring peace to one struggling soul, if we give as did the Master, we can—by showing the way—become a guiding star for some lost mariner.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“Don't forget: one of the saddest things in life is wasted talent.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“The good you have done, the kind words you have spoken, the love you have shown to others, can never be fully measured.”
― Thomas S. Monson

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

“If our testimonies are strong onthis point and if we feel the absolute assurance that God loves us, we will change our questons. We won't ask, 'Why did this happen?' or 'Why doesn't God care about me?' Instead, our questions will become, 'What can I learn from this experience?' or 'How does the Lord want me to handle this?”
― John Bytheway, When Times Are Tough: 5 Scriptures That Will Help You Get Through Almost Anything

“If you're trying to be miserable, it's important you don't have any goals. No school goals, personal goals, family goals. Your only objective each day should be to inhale and exhale for sixteen hours before you go to bed again. Don't read anything informative, don't listen to anything useful, don't do anything productive. If you start achieving goals, you might start to feel a sense of excitement, then you might want to set another goal, and then your miserable mornings are through. To maintain your misery, the idea of crossing off your goals should never cross your mind.”
― John Bytheway, How to Be Totally Miserable: A Self-Hinder Book

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

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