Sir Winston Churchill

Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.

-Sir Winston Churchill

Henry W. Austin

Genius, that power that dazzles mortal eyes, is oft but perseverance in disguise.

-Henry W. Austin

Guillaume Apollinaire

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

-Guillaume Apollinaire

Unknown Author

Life is not measured by how many breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.-Unknown Author

Unknown Author

The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.-Unknown Author

Thomas Edison

When you have exhausted all of the possibilities, remember this: you haven't.

--Thomas Edison 

Brigham Young

I would to God that they all had revelation! When they receive revelation from heaven the story is told, they know for themselves. 

Now, my friends, brethren and sisters, ladies and gentlemen, how do you know anything? Can you be deceived by the eye? You can; you have proved this; you all know that 

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there are men who can deceive the sight of the eye, no matter how closely you observe their movements. Can you be deceived in hearing? Yes; you may hear sounds but not understand their import or whence they come. Can you be deceived by the touch of the finger? You can. The nervous system will not detect everything. What will? The revelations of the Lord Jesus Christ, the spirit of truth will detect everything, and enable all who possess it to understand truth from error, light from darkness, the things of God from the things not of God. It is the only thing that will enable us to understand the Gospel of the Son of God, the will of God, and how we can be saved. Follow it, and it will lead to God, the fountain of light, where the gate will be open, and the mind will be enlightened so that we shall see, know, and understand things as they are.

Sidney Going

The blessing of [bringing others] into the gospel far outweighs anything [you] will ever sacrifice.

Emily Belle Freeman

Luke 2:15-16

I often wonder when the invitation to come unto Christ is extended to me, if I have the heart of a shepherd. When given the opportunity to turn to the scriptures,  to pray, to learn more of Him, how often is my response now and with haste? This scripture reminds me of the importance of desire. If our hearts are filled with desire to come closer to Christ, it will motivate our actions for good. (Celebrating A Christ-Centered Christmas, pp. 58-59).

Bruce R. McConkie

I am one of his witnesses, and in a coming day I shall feel the nail marks in his hands and in his feet and shall wet his feet with my tears. But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God’s Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way.--Bruce R. McConkie, "The Purifying Power of Gethsemane," April 1985

Richard G. Scott

With all my capacity I encourage you to discover who you really are. I invite you to look beyond the daily routine of life. I urge you to discern through the Spirit your divinely given capacities. I exhort you to prayerfully make worthy choices that will lead you to realize your full potential.--Richard G. Scott, "Realize Your Full Potiental", October 2003

Thomas S. Monson and Heidi S. Swinton

Quotes from President Monson's biography. Sorry they are all together. I have been reading his biography and taking notes! Enjoy them!

--The Lord calls disciples to his work at the time He needs them.-Heidi S. Swinton

--In this era of the last dispensation, when cultures have squandered their rights to God's inspiration, when men's hearts have failed them and their designs are not in keeping with the teachings of The Lord Jesus Christ, our Father in Heaven has placed a prophet in our midst so that we can carry on.-Heidi S. Swinton

--Let us remember that it was not the waters of Bethesda's pool which healed the impotent man. Rather, his blessing came through the touch of the Master's hand.-Thomas S. Monson 

--I firmly believe that the sweetest experience in mortality is to know that our Heavenly Father has worked through us to accomplish an objective in the life of another person--to help make someone whole.-Thomas S. Monson

--I plead with you to turn to our Heavenly Father in faith. He will lift you and guide you. He will not always take your afflictions from you, but He will comfort and lead you with love through whatever storm you face.-Thomas S. Monson

Thomas S. Monson

Remember that faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time.-Thomas S. Monson

David J. Ridges

In my study of Moses 7:36, I found this little Gem! Enjoy!

After reading verse 36, above, students often ask, “What did we do to deserve being sent to this earth?” They feel that they must have done something wrong in premortality to be sent here. I have responded that my feeling is that it is a great honor to be sent to this earth, the world to which the Savior was sent to gain His mortal body and serve His mortal mission, the earth upon which was performed the infinite Atonement of Jesus Christ, which blesses the inhabitants of all the Father’s world’s—past, present, and future (D&C 76:24). To me, they should be asking what they did right to deserve such an honor!
David J. Ridges