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(Mothers, Morality, Perseverence, Provident Living)

MOTHERS
Make motherhood the noblest office or calling in the world. She who can paint a masterpiece or write a book that will influence millions deserves the admiration and the plaudits of mankind; but she who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters, whose influence will be felt throught generatons to come. . . deserves the highest honor that man can give, and the choicest blessings of God.
~David O. McKay

The true strength of any nation lies in those qualities of character that have been acquired for the most part by children taught in the quiet, simple, everyday manner of mothers.
~Gordon B. Hinckley

A mother's heart is a child's schoolroom.
~Harold B. Lee

MORALITY and Moral Choices

A course of life that is wrong now cannot and will not be proven right later on. . .
Things that have always been wrong in the past are still wrong today.
~Earl C. Tingey

A moral coward is one who is afraid to do what he thinks i sright becaue others will disapprove or laugh. Remember that all men have their fears, but those who face their fears with dignity have courage as well. ~Thomas S. Monson

Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make. . .determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live the consequences of our choices.
~James E. Faust

PERSEVERENCE, PERSISTENCE

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
~George Bernard Shaw

Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved.
~Lao-tzu

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
~Sophocles



That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do— not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind; and the willing and obedient shall eat the good of the land.
~Doctrine and Covenants, p.121


1. I feel that we should learn never to become discouraged.

2. Trustworthiness, stick-to-it-iveness, and determination are the qualities that will help you to win the battle of life.

3. It is by exercise and by practice that we become proficient in any of the vocations or avocations of life, whether it be of a religious or of a secular character.

4. I know of no easy formula to success. Persist, persist, PERSIST; work, work, WORK— is what counts in the battle of life.

5. Faith and knowledge without practice are of no value.

6. One of the big things that [the adversary] has to work on is the fact that we are all poor, weak mortals and fully appreciate our own weakness, and he tries to take advantage of our knowledge on this point to inspire us with the idea that we are no good.

But we can be assured that if we press on in the little duties which are from day to day resting upon us, . . .there will come to us greater work to do in the interests of His work.

7. There is no teaching of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, which is plainer than that laid down by him to the effect that there will be none of our past sins held against us, provided we repent and forsake them, in the future laboring diligently for the right.

8. The patient, untiring, prayerful labors we devote to our young people who need help, and to those generally who for some cause or another have withdrawn themselves from us, often return to reward us in unspeakable joy and satisfaction in the years to come.

9. May we labor long and unceasingly with patience, and forgiveness, and prayerful determination among all such who need our help!”
~Quotes 1-9 from Heber J. Grant



PROVIDENT LIVING
Seek not for riches, but for wisdom.
~Jacob 2:19~


Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
~Proverbs 6:6~

Quotes from Jim Rohn:

The soil says, “Don’t bring me your need. Bring me your seed.”

Life responds to deserve and not to need.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor.

You must get good at one of two things: planting in the spring or begging in the fall.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become.

Part of success is preparation on purpose.

Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.

How do you deserve a fortune? Render fortunes of service.

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