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“No, the purpose of faith is not to change God’s will but to empower us to act on God’s will. Faith is trust—trust that God sees what we cannot and that He knows what we do not.”
Source: “Fourth Floor, Last Door,” Liahona, Nov. 2016, 16, 17.Posted: 13 Mar 2017 at 1:04 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A mission is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience… how can we expect it to be easy for us, when it was never never ever easy for Him!
…If you ask if there’s an easier way, you should remember that you are not the first to ask that; someone greater, grander, and more beautiful did a long time ago.Speaker: Jeffrey R. HollandPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:35 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Some will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.
Speaker: Sir Thomas Pope BlountPosted: 01 Feb 2017 at 7:16 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
He who dies with the most toys still dies.
Speaker: AnonymousPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 11:22 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the fuzziness of boundaries, let alone revising their categories.
Source: The Black SwanPosted: 16 Feb 2015 at 11:58 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“...so long as good deeds are motivated by selfish or malicious desires they cannot transform and enrich either the giver or the receiver”
Source: Joseph Fielding McConkie, Robert L. Millet, and Brent L. Top, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of MormonPosted: 09 Jun 2015 at 1:45 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities.
Speaker: Andrew CarnegiePosted: 05 Nov 2009 at 7:16 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.
Speaker: John RayPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 2:49 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
On those occasions when you don’t feel like praying, you should get on your knees and pray until you feel like praying.
Speaker: Brigham YoungPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 4:07 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Who are these people, that they want to save the world and yet they are incapable of forming proper relationships with anybody? As GoodNews so eloquently puts it, it’s love this and love that, but of course it’s so easy to love someone you don’t know, whether it’s George Clooney or Monkey. Staying civil to someone with whom you’ve ever shared Christmas turkey – now there’s a miracle.
Speaker: Nick HornbySource: How to Be GoodPosted: 05 Nov 2009 at 6:39 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.
Speaker: Olin MillerSource: http://www.google.com/ig?hl=enPosted: 02 Sep 2008 at 7:56 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Speaker: Neils BohrSource: 4 Hour WorkweekPosted: 26 Aug 2008 at 7:38 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Speaker: Frederick DouglassPosted: 01 Jun 2014 at 10:06 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“...it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. TO BE OFFENDED IS A CHOICE WE MAKE; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.”
Speaker: David A. BednarSource: "And Nothing Shall Offend Them," OCTOBER 2006 Conference ReportPosted: 10 Mar 2014 at 4:56 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
Speaker: James AllenPosted: 26 Aug 2008 at 12:08 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.
Speaker: Alan AldaPosted: 20 Aug 2008 at 9:42 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self confidence.
Speaker: Robert FrostPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:41 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
So many books, so little time.
Speaker: Frank ZappaPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:11 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
[10:08:38 AM] Blake Stevenson: is there a difference between cray and craw fish
[10:09:14 AM] Ted Southard: crawfish are seasoned and tasty. crayfish are insolent and surlySpeaker: Blake and TedSource: Skype talk about cray cray and crayfishPosted: 28 Jun 2013 at 8:12 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!