Favorite Quotes

If we don’t find Him in the small things, how will we ever find Him in the big ones?
~Elisabeth Elliot~

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There has never been a day when I have
not been proud of you, I said to my
daughter, though some days I’m louder
about other stuff so it’s easy to miss that.
~ Brian Andreas~

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If another person only had in his storehouse of deserved self-esteem what you had put there, what would he have to draw upon and sustain him?
~Neal A. Maxwell~

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It’s all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it’s not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?
~Anne Shirley~

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All that we call human history–money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery–is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.
~C.S. Lewis~

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Yes, in our world too, a Stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.
~Queen Lucy in The Last Battle~

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If we spent as much time lifting our children as we do criticizing them, how effectively we could help them to see themselves in a more positive light!
~Neal A. Maxwell~

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Our God does not indulge us, but He is merciful toward our weaknesses as He stives to tutor us…
~Neal A. Maxwell~

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You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you.
~Aslan in The Silver Chair~

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A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search for truth and perfection, is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.
~Lewis Mumford~

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Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is…
~C.S. Lewis~

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To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
~Leo F. Buscaglia~

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What we have become is more important that what we say.

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There is no dark day that is so dark that the Savior cannot shine through.
~President Poston~

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Like and equal are not the same thing at all!
~Meg in a Wrinkle in Time~

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It is our job to lift others up, not to size them up.
~Neal A. Maxwell~

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Letting off steam always produces more heat than light.
~Neal A. Maxwell~

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In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
~Albert Einstein~

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In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
~Mortimer Adler~

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Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.
~Kathleen Norris~

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When we put God’s purposes first, He will give us miracles.
~Henry B. Eyring~

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We go to the temple to make covenants, we go home to keep them.
~President Poston~

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Greatness grows in simplicity.
~Angie Baker~

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True love can alter human lives and change human nature.
~Thomas S. Monson~

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