First Installment of Quotes
I mentioned here that I wanted to collect my favorite quotes. Well, I find that I have few words of my own to say this month, so I'm stealing from other people and following up on a promise in the same incredibly long post.
Work
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” ~George Bernard Shaw
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” ~Booker T. Washington
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” ~Harry Truman
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" - Thomas Edison
"I believe that we are here to work, and I believe there is no escape from it. I think that we cannot get that thought into our souls and into our beings too soon. Work we must, if we shall succeed or if we shall advance. There is no other way."~J. Reuben Clark Jr.
"We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.” ~Frank Tibolt
Attitude/Conduct
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” ~Peter T. Mcintyre
“You were born an original. Don't die a copy.” ~John Mason
"When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall" Abraham Lincoln , 1842
"Better give your path to a dog, than to be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite." Abraham Lincoln
"On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter" Abraham Lincoln , 1864
"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." Abraham Lincoln 1860
"Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in this case, id to deny that there is a God governing the world." Abraham Lincoln 1865
Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest.~ Mark Twain
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,
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
'The Old Astronomer to His Pupil'
Make up your mind to be happy-even when you don't have money, even when you don't have a clear complexion, even when you don't have the Nobel Prize. Some of the happiest people I know have none of these things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy. Why are they happy? I suppose it is because they don't listen very well. Or they listen too well-to the things their hearts tell them. They glory in the beauty of the earth. They glory in the rivers and the canyons and the call of the meadowlark. They glory in the love of their families, the stumbling steps of a toddler, the wise and tender smile of the elderly. They glory in honest labor. They glory in the scriptures. They glory in the presence of the Holy Ghost. One thing I know for certain: the time we have here goes by far too quickly. Don't waste any more time sitting on the bench watching life pass you by.~Joseph B. Wirthlin
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”~Ambrose Redmoon
Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. ~As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
"Things always end good, if it's not good it's not the end." Unknown
“Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile...initially scared me to death.” ~ Betty Bender
Love/Family/Friendship
Some stupid people started the idea that because women obviously back up their own people through everything, therefore women are blind and do not see anything. They can hardly have known any women. The same women who are ready to defend their men through thick and thin are...almost morbidly lucid about the thinness of his excuses or the thickness of his head....Love is not blind; that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound; and the more it is bound the less it is blind ~G. K. Chesterton
“We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.” ~ Mother Teresa
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.” ~ Anthony Brandt
“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.”― Emily Kimbrough
Years ago I preferred clever people. There was a joy in beholding...a mind...bearing thoughts quickly translated into words, or ideas expressed in a new way. I find now my taste has changed. Verbal fireworks often bore me. They seem motivated by self-assertion and self-display. I now prefer another type of person; one who is considerate, understanding of others, careful not to break down another person's self-respect....My preferred person today is one who is always aware of the needs of others, or their pain and [their] fear and [their] unhappiness, and their search for self-respect....I once liked clever people. Now I like good people.~Solomon Bennett Freehof
Work
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” ~George Bernard Shaw
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” ~Booker T. Washington
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” ~Harry Truman
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" - Thomas Edison
"I believe that we are here to work, and I believe there is no escape from it. I think that we cannot get that thought into our souls and into our beings too soon. Work we must, if we shall succeed or if we shall advance. There is no other way."~J. Reuben Clark Jr.
"We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.” ~Frank Tibolt
Attitude/Conduct
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” ~Peter T. Mcintyre
“You were born an original. Don't die a copy.” ~John Mason
"When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall" Abraham Lincoln , 1842
"Better give your path to a dog, than to be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite." Abraham Lincoln
"On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter" Abraham Lincoln , 1864
"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." Abraham Lincoln 1860
"Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in this case, id to deny that there is a God governing the world." Abraham Lincoln 1865
Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest.~ Mark Twain
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,
“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” ~Herm Albright
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. ~Abba Eban
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
'The Old Astronomer to His Pupil'
Make up your mind to be happy-even when you don't have money, even when you don't have a clear complexion, even when you don't have the Nobel Prize. Some of the happiest people I know have none of these things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy. Why are they happy? I suppose it is because they don't listen very well. Or they listen too well-to the things their hearts tell them. They glory in the beauty of the earth. They glory in the rivers and the canyons and the call of the meadowlark. They glory in the love of their families, the stumbling steps of a toddler, the wise and tender smile of the elderly. They glory in honest labor. They glory in the scriptures. They glory in the presence of the Holy Ghost. One thing I know for certain: the time we have here goes by far too quickly. Don't waste any more time sitting on the bench watching life pass you by.~Joseph B. Wirthlin
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”~Ambrose Redmoon
Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. ~As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
"Things always end good, if it's not good it's not the end." Unknown
“Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile...initially scared me to death.” ~ Betty Bender
Love/Family/Friendship
Some stupid people started the idea that because women obviously back up their own people through everything, therefore women are blind and do not see anything. They can hardly have known any women. The same women who are ready to defend their men through thick and thin are...almost morbidly lucid about the thinness of his excuses or the thickness of his head....Love is not blind; that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound; and the more it is bound the less it is blind ~G. K. Chesterton
“We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.” ~ Mother Teresa
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.” ~ Anthony Brandt
“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.”― Emily Kimbrough
Years ago I preferred clever people. There was a joy in beholding...a mind...bearing thoughts quickly translated into words, or ideas expressed in a new way. I find now my taste has changed. Verbal fireworks often bore me. They seem motivated by self-assertion and self-display. I now prefer another type of person; one who is considerate, understanding of others, careful not to break down another person's self-respect....My preferred person today is one who is always aware of the needs of others, or their pain and [their] fear and [their] unhappiness, and their search for self-respect....I once liked clever people. Now I like good people.~Solomon Bennett Freehof
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