Favorite Quotes

“The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls.”
- Spencer W. Kimball The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball (1982), 254. 


“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”
- James Barrie A Window in Thrums (1917), 137.


"To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life."
- The Motto of LIFE Magazine


"Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself. Happiness comes from doing one’s duty and knowing that his life is in harmony with God and his commandments."
- Joseph B. Wirthlin "Let Every Man Learn His Duty" Oct. 1980

"If every choice I make expresses a preference, if the world I build up is the world I really love and want, then with every choice I am judging myself, proclaiming all the day long to God, angels, and my fellowmen where my real values lie, where my treasure is, the things to which I give supreme importance. Hence, in this life every moment provides a perfect and foolproof test of your real character, making this life a time of testing and probation."
- Hugh Nibley "Zeal Without Knowledge" 1978



"Our Adoration of Jesus is best expressed by our emulation of Jesus"
- Russel M Nelson October 1995


"When you look for a man - what you want to look for is a man with the heart of a poor boy and the mind of a conqueror."
- C. Joybell C.


"Life is one drop of oil added to our spiritual lamp of preparation every day. That's how it works."
- David A Bednar


“Sometimes we become the lightning rod, and we must “take the heat” for holding fast to God’s standards and doing His work. I testify that we need not be afraid if we are grounded in His doctrine. We may experience misunderstanding, criticism, and even false accusation, but we are never alone. Our Savior was 'despised and rejected of men.'(Isaiah 53:3) It is our sacred privilege to stand with Him!”
- Robert D. Hales

"She remembered who she was and whose she was - a daughter of God."
- Elaine S. Dalton


"Wishing will not make it so! The Lord expects our action."
- Thomas S. Monson


"I don't do anything for fun, i just have fun at what i do."
- Dallin Harris Oaks


“Don't you quit. You keep walking, you keep trying, there is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon. Some come late. Some don't come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in Good Things to Come.”
- Jeffery R. Holland



"Isn't the world full of wonderful things? I have lost so many things: my job, my future, everything that people think is important...but i don't care! because even if i have to dig ditches for the rest of my life, i will be a ditch digger who once had a wonderful day!"
-Michael Crawford as Mr.Cornelius Hatch in "Hello Dolly"



"Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad. It's the middle that counts the most. you need to remember that when you find yourself at the beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up. And it will, too. "
- Sandra Bullock as Birdy Pruitt "Hope Floats"


"Words, in my humble opinion are the most inexhaustible source of magic we have."
- Albus Dumbledore


"Think of the purest, most all-consuming love you can imagine. Now multiply that love by an infinite amount—that is the measure of God's love for you.
God does not look on the outward appearance (see 1 Samuel 16:7). I believe that He doesn't care one bit if we live in a castle or a cottage, if we are handsome or homely, if we are famous or forgotten. Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He love us perfectly, Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely."
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf


"I'm a Mormon, I know it. I live it. I Love it."
- Ann M Dibbs



"'Tis like the great stories Mr.Frodo, The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back in the way it was when so much bad happened? But in the end it's only a passing thing. This shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come. and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those are the stories that stay with you, That meant something even if you were too small to understand why. But i think Mr.Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folks in those stories had lots of chances of turnin' back - only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto Sam?"
"That there is some good in this world Mr.Frodo, and it's worth fighting for."
- Sam and Frodo The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers




"Live your lives according to the principles of the gospel of Christ. You live in an age when there is so much filth, you must not stoop down to that. You must rise above it. You must have the strength to say no, to stand tall. I promise you that if you will do so, those who would otherwise invite you to their kind of living will wish that they too had lived above those things."
- Gordon B Hinckley

"And should we die before our journey's through, Happy day! All is well! We then are free from toil and sorrow, too. With the just we shall dwell! but if our lives are spared again to see the saints their rest obtain, oh! How we'll make this chorus swell: All is well! All is well!"
- William W. Phelps Come, Come Ye Saints

"Required is the courage to hold fast to our standards despite the derision of the world"
- Thomas S. Monson



“Isn't it wonderful to know that we don’t have to be perfect to experience the blessings and gifts of our Heavenly Father? We don’t have to wait to cross the finish line to receive God’s blessings. In fact, the heavens being to part and the blessings of heaven begin to distill upon us with the very first steps we take toward the light. The perfect place to begin is exactly where you are now. It doesn't matter how unqualified you may think you are or how far behind others you may feel. The very moment you begin to seek your Heavenly Father, in that moment, the hope of His light will begin to awaken, enliven and ennoble your soul. The darkness may not dissipate all at once, but as surely as night always gives way to dawn, the light will come.”
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf


"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently, He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace."
- C. S. Lewis