| Ability is a poor man's wealth. -- John Wooden
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it. -- Lou Holtz
About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age. -- Gloria Pitzer
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder. -- Johnny Hart in "BC"
A celebrity is someone you want to meet. A hero is someone you want to be like. -- Lincoln DeWitt, US
2002 Olympic Skeleton Team
Acceptance of what happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune. --
William James
Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of the situation. Then decide what
you're going to do about it. -- Kathleen Casey Theisen
A closed mouth gathers no feet. -- Author Unknown
A commandment is a lamp to show us the right course. -- ElRay L. Christiansen (Ensign, May 1975,
p 23)
A compromise which results in a half-step toward evil is all wrong. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. -- William James
Action is the antidote to despair. -- Joan Baez
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of
nothing. -- Oscar Wilde
A day is a span of time no one is wealthy enough to waste. -- Author Unknown
Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before. -- Arthur Guiterman
Adversity introduces a man to himself. -- Author Unknown
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. --
Henry Fielding
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. -- Horace
Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to
take. -- Josh Billings
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. -- Erica Mann Jong (1942)
A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience. -- Elbert Hubbard
A fool and his money are some party. -- James VandenBosch
A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own
opinion. -- Proverbs 18:2
A fool is a person who keeps doing the same thing and expects different results. -- Albert Einstein
A free man must not be told how to think, either by the government or by social activists. He may
certainly be shown the right way, but he must not accept being forced into it. -- Jeff Cooper
A friend should bear his friend's infirmities. -- William Shakespeare
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. -- Nelson Mandela
Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it
will gradually yield to him. -- Goethe
Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill. -- Author Unknown
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. -- Tom Stoppard
A good name is better than riches. -- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) (Don Quixote,
Part ii. Chap. xxxiii)
A good self-image is one of the most important and necessary steps in
facing life. So often we believe about ourselves only the things that others
have implanted. There is no [person] in or out of the Church who is not a
loved child of God—no one! -- Marvin J. Ashton (Ensign, May 1984, p9)
A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water. -- Sidney Goff
A great many people mistake opinions for thoughts. -- Herbert V. Prochnow
A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness. -- Bernard de Fontenelle
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. -- Andre Maurois
A happy person is not a person in certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set
of attitudes. -- Hugh Downs
A hero is a man who does what he can. -- Romain Rolland
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his
freedom. -- Bob Dylan
Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. -- Henry David Thoreau
Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in; aim at earth and you get neither. -- C. S. Lewis
Aim at nothing and you'll succeed. -- Author Unknown
A life can never be happy that is focused inward. So if you are miserable now, forget your troubles.
March right out your door, and find someone who needs you. -- Robert L. Backman (Ensign, November
1985, page 13)
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful
than a life spent doing nothing. -- George Bernard Shaw
A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood. -- David Sarnoff
All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. -- Ellen
Glasgow
All forms of fear produce fatigue. -- Bertrand Russell
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort,
and effort means work. -- Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
All I kin say is when you finds yo'self wanderin' in a peach orchard, ya don't go lookin' for
rutabagas. -- Kingfish
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. --
Orison Swett Marden
All of us must come to an honest, open self-examination, an awareness
within as to who and what we want to be. -- M. Russell Ballard (Ensign, May
1987)
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. --
Demosthenes
All things truly wicked start from an innocence. -- Ernest Hemingway (A Movable Feast, 1964)
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. -- Charles
Evans Hughes
Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess,
and to gain applause which he cannot keep. -- Dr. Samuel Johnson
Always aim for achievement, and forget about success. -- Helen Hayes
Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you the
opportunity to commit more. -- Mark Twain
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more
important than any other thing. -- Abraham Lincoln
Always be strong without being arrogant. Always be humble without being
weak. -- Iraqi proverb
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain
Always go to the bathroom before you leave home. -- Brenda
Always try to make a name for yourself, cause you might leave tomorrow. -- David Spade
Always read the stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else. -- Author Unknown
Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone. -- John Quincy Adams
A man always has two reasons for what he does--a good one and the real
one. -- John Pierpont Morgan
A man cannot be comfortable spiritually who is in bondage financially. -- Richard R. Lyman (General
Conference Report, October 1904, page 18)
A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. -- Axel Munthe
A man doesn't automatically get my respect. He has to get down in the dirt and beg for it. -- Jack
Handey
A man gazing at the stars is at the mercy of every puddle on the road. -- Author Unknown
A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis. -- Ralph W. Sockman
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night,
and in between he does what he wants to do. -- Bob Dylan
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally
believes to be true. -- Demosthenes
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible
labor and there is an invisible labor. -- Victor Hugo
A man is tomorrow what he thinks today. -- Author Unknown
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. -- Jean Paul Richter
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are the portals of discovery. -- James Joyce
A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man
without originality or moral courage. -- George Bernard Shaw
A man reaps what he sows. -- Galatians 6:7
A man's character is like a fence. It cannot be strengthened by whitewash. -- Author Unknown
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. -- Charles Darwin
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which
is but saying...that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. -- Alexander
Pope
A man's judgment is best when he can forget himself and any reputation he may have acquired and can
concentrate wholly on making the right decisions. -- Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait. -- Goethe
A man that can't laugh at himself should be given a mirror. -- Irish Proverb
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. -- Charles Darwin
A man who is polite to a liar is worse that a man who won't defend his
family from a bandit. For, he is refusing to defend the Truth. --
Selwyn Duke
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. -- Martin Luther
King, Jr.
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault. --
Cardinal Newman
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. -- Benjamin Franklin
Amateurs wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work. -- Chuck Close
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. -- Bill Eardley
A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. -- Author Unknown
A mistake not corrected is another mistake. -- Author Unknown
A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others. -- Charles Darwin
A mule dressed in a tuxedo is still a mule. -- K. Jackson Brown, Jr.
An apology is a good way to have the last word. -- Author Unknown
An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. -- O. A. Battista
A new license is only a permit to learn. -- Author Unknown
Anger against things is senseless indeed! -- ElRay L. Christiansen, April 3, 1971
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and
important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm. --
Robert Green Ingersoll, (1833-1899) American lawyer & orator
Anger is a thief who steals away the nice moments. -- Joan Lunden
An honorable man or women will personally commit to live up to certain self-imposed expectations. They
need no outside check or control. They are honorable in their inner core. -- James E. Faust (Ensign,
May 1982, page 47)
An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it. -- Laurence Peter
An unshared life is not living. He who shares does not lessen, but greatens, his life. -- Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise
Anybody can grab a tiger by the tail. You only survive by knowing what to do next. -- Author Unknown
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, but it takes character and
self control to be understanding and forgiving. -- Dale Carnegie
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error. -- Cicero
Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at
the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not easy. -- Aristotle, Philosopher
Anyone can hate. It costs to love. -- John Williamson
Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be
asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?" -- Thomas Sowell
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. -- George
Bernard Shaw
A person's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are aroused gives the measure of that
person's character. -- David O. McKay (April 1964 General Conference)
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of opportunities. An optimist makes opportunities of
difficulties. -- Author Unknown
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every
difficulty. Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
A pint can't hold a quart; if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it. -- Margaret
Deland
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means
families left without fathers and mothers. All you have to do is hold your first dying soldier in your
arms, and have that terrible futile feeling that his life is flowing out and you can't do anything about
it. Then you understand the horror of war. Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there
are things worth fighting for. -- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking
down, you cannot see something that is above you. -- C. S. Lewis (Mere Christianity, Macmillan
Paperbacks, New York, 1960, p 96)
Are you sure this is the hill you want to die on? -- Dr. Laura
Schlessinger
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. -- John Dewey
Art, like morality, consists in drawing a line somewhere. - G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936) English poet,
novelist, essayist
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. -- Thomas A. Edison
A sailor rides out the storm without losing his love for the sea. -- Pat Brady
As a rule . . . he who has the most information will have the greatest success in life. -- Benjamin
Disraeli , 1804-1881
As a small child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. --
Ben Bradlee (A Good Life)
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. -- Annie Dillard
A sharp tongue sometimes cuts its own throat. -- Jim Scancarrelli
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. -- John A. Shedd
Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a question and you're a fool for the
rest of your life. -- Chinese Proverb
Ask yourself the easy questions and you'll have a hard life, ask yourself
the hard questions and you'll have an easier life! -- Peter Thomson
A slave is one who waits for someone else to come and free him. -- Ezra Pound
As long as man's beliefs, or any part of them, are based on error, he is not completely free, for the
chains of error bind his mind. -- Bruce R. McConkie (Mormon Doctrine, page 299)
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a
worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. -- Anne Dillard
A ship in a safe harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is for. -- William Shedd
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. -- English Proverb
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be
alone than in bad company. -- George Washington
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. -- Andre Gide
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can
find such a man. -- Lana Turner
As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should
we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit. -- Russell
M. Nelson (Ensign, May 1989, p 68)
As we face the many decisions in life, the easy and popular messages of
the world will not usually be the right ones to choose, and it will take
much courage to choose the right. - L. Tom Perry (Ensign, Nov. 1993,
p 67)
As you journey down life's highway, never pick a fight with a really good cook. -- Hagar the Horrible
As you look toward the future, always remember the treasures of our past. Every generation stands on
the shoulders of the generation that came before. Jealously guard the values and principles of our
heritage. They did not come easy. -- Ronald Reagan
A tattoo is just a permanent visual reminder of having done something stupid. -- Author Unknown
At each stage of life's journey, we should set out full of hope and optimism, but we should be prepared
nonetheless to face opposition or hardship at some point. The patterns you establish in your youth may
accompany you throughout the rest of your mortal life. By making the right choices now, you will be able
to take the path that will help you endure the coldest and bleakest moments later. -- Elder Ben B. Banks (Ensign,
May 2002, p 42)
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. -- Author Unknown
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail
off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his
goals. -- Larry Bird
A wise father counseled, "Son, if you ever find yourself in a place you shouldn't ought to be -
get out!" Good advice for a son. Good advice for a father, too. -- Thomas S. Monson (Ensign,
May 1989, page 44)
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools. -- Thomas Fuller
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. -- Francis Bacon
A wise man will not go out of his way for information. -- Thoreau
A wise monkey never monkeys with another monkey's monkey. -- Author Unknown
A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. -- Nancy
Reagan
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the
advice. -- Bill Cosby
A year from now you may wish you had started today. -- Karen Lamb
Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else. -- Judy Garland
Be always sure you're right, then go ahead. -- Davy Crockett
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They
are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for
sale is character. -- Antonin Scalia, US Supreme Court Justice
Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose. -- Dan McKinnon
Be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you. Be generous
in helping the unfortunate and those in distress. But bind to you friends of
your own kind, friends who will encourage you, stand with you, live as you
desire to live; who will enjoy the same kind of entertainment; and who will
resist the evil that you determine to resist. -- Gordon B. Hinckley (Ensign,
May 2004, p 113-114)
Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your words, for your
words become your actions. Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits. Be careful of
your habits, for your habits become your character. Be careful of your character, for your character
becomes your destiny. -- Author Unknown
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. -- Bertold Brecht
Be content with what you have, but never with what you are. -- Author Unknown
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. -- Liz Smith
Being busy and being productive are not necessarily related. -- Brian Koslow
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes
it permanent. -- Marilyn vos Savant
Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. -- Benjamin Franklin
(letter to John Alleyne, 9 August 1768)
Being grown-up means you can have your own way - at your own expense. -- Author Unknown
Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter. -- Hugh Nibley
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. -- Marie Curie
Believe that you can whip the enemy, and you have won half the battle. -- Jeb Stuart
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. -- Josh
Billings
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. -- Chinese Proverb
Be ruthless with time yet gracious with people. -- Author Unknown
Be sure to look in the mirror every day. It's better than the shock should you forget for a couple of
years. -- Author Unknown
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. -- Aesop
Better people think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and
remove all doubt. -- Abraham Lincoln
Better to wear out than rust out. -- Author Unknown
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master. --
Demosthenes
Beware the man who claims to be boss at home. He'll lie about important things, too. -- Mark Twain
Bigots are rarely a reliable source of information. -- William Beem
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. -- Christopher Morley
Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals. -- Thomas S. Monson (Ensign, May 2002, p 19)
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. -- Deirdre Dee
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact. --
George Eliot
Bloom where you are planted. -- Author Unknown
Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far
above is character. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Books may well be the only true magic. -- Alice Hoffman
Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. -- David Hackworth
Caution is not cowardice nor is carelessness courage. -- Author Unknown
Certainly what we are is more important than what we have or what is said of us. -- Marvin J. Ashton (Ensign,
May 1979, page 68)
Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but
consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing. -- Bart
Conner: Olympic Gold-Medal gymnast and entrepreneur
Chance only favors the prepared mind. -- Louis Pasteur
Change occurs when one becomes what she is, not when she tries to become what she is not. -- Ruth P.
Freedman
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the
soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition aspired, and success achieved. -- Helen Keller
Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise
and rationalization. The only testing ground for the heroic is the mundane. The only preparation for that
one profound decision which can change a life, or even a nation, is those hundreds of half-conscious,
self-defining, seemingly insignificant decisions made in private. Habit is the daily battleground of
character. -- Senator Dan Coats
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. -- James A. Michener
Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking. -- JC Watts, Jr.
Character is largely a matter of environment and training and, later on, of experience. It is by the
character of its citizens, not by the force of its arms, that a country rises superior to others. --
Baden-Powell
Character is much easier kept than recovered. -- Thomas Paine
Character isn't inherited. -- Helen Gahagan Douglas
Character isn't made during a crisi, but that's when it comes out. --
Gene Mora in "Graffiti"
Character is simply habit long continued. -- Plutarch (Morals)
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has
passed. -- Cavett Robert
Character is the one thing we develop in this world that we can take with us into the next. -- Ezra
Taft Benson, This Nation Shall Endure, page 46
Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next. -- Ezra Taft Benson (General
Conference Report, April 1966, page 128)
Character is what you are in the dark. -- Dwight L Moody
Character is what you are; reputation, what people think you are. --
Henry H. Saunderson
Character is what you are willing to do when the spotlight has been turned off, the applause has died
down and no one is around to give you credit. -- Author Unknown
Character is what you do when no one is looking. -- Author Unknown
Character is won by hard work. -- Delbert L. Stapley (Relief Society Courses of Study, 1985,
page 141)
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made
in the small ones. -- Phillips Brooks
Choosing to do what the Lord has defined as right will, in the long run,
always lead to the best outcomes. -- Richard G. Scott (Ensign, Nov
1998, p 69)
[Christ] was perfect and sinless, not because he had to be, but rather because he clearly and
determinedly wanted to be. -- Howard W. Hunter (Ensign, November 1976, page 19)
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. -- Samuel Lover
Circumstances - what are circumstances? I make circumstances. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. -- Mark Twain
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Complete and constant integrity is a great law of human conduct.
There need to be some absolutes in life. -- President James E. Faust
(Ensign, May 1982, p48)
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing. --
William Feather
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. -- Peter T. McIntyre
Conflict builds character. Crisis defines it. -- Steven V. Thulon
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets
there. -- Josh Billings
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the
dead. -- Aldous Huxley
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental
willingness to endure it. -- William Tecumseh Sherman
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. -- Dan Rather
Courage is being scared to death…and saddling up anyway. -- John Wayne
Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. -- Nigel Dennis
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened. -- Billy
Graham
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. -- Edward
Rickenbacker (1890-1973) US war hero and airline executive
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. -- Gen. George S. Patton
Courage is grace under pressure. -- Ernest Hemingway
Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it. -- Napoleon
Bonaparte
Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength. Industry
and determination can do anything that genius and advantage can do and many things that they cannot. --
Theodore Roosevelt
Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity
despite that fear. -- Pat Riley, Miami Heat coach
Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it. -- Farrar,
Straus & Giroux
Courage is rarely reckless or foolish . . . courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the
odds that must be faced. -- Margaret Truman
Courage is reckoned the
greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no
security for preserving any other. -- Samuel Johnson
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. -- Mark Twain
Courage is the first of all the virtues because if you haven't
courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of the others.
-- Samuel Johnson
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. -- Clare Booth Luce
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage
you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any
virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. -- Maya
Angelou
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and
children. Courage comprises all things. -- Plautus
Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval. -- Thomas S.
Monson (Ensign, Nov 1986, p 41)
Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can never stop.
-- Pete Rose
Danger can never be overcome without taking risks. -- Latin proverb
Dating leads to marriage. Marriage is a sacred religious covenant and
in its most exalted expression may be an eternal covenant. Whatever
preparation relates to marriage, whether it be personal or social, concerns
us as members of the Church. If you are old enough to date, you are old
enough to know that your parents have not only the right but the sacred
obligation, and they are under counsel from the leaders of the Church, to
concern themselves with your dating habits. If you are mature enough to
date, you are mature enough to accept without childish, juvenile argument
their authority as parents to set rules of conduct for you. -- Boyd K.
Packer (New Era, June 2004, p6)
Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and
leaves ragged edges behind it. -- Gordon Graham
Decisions do determine destiny. -- Thomas S. Monson (Ensign, November 1986, page 40)
Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of
virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. -- Thomas
Jefferson (Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XIX, 1787)
Determined to walk in his own way, the natural man often persists to the
point where he is "past feeling," having been sedated by pleasing the carnal
mind. Sadly, like the drug addict, he is always in need of a fresh fix. --
Neal A. Maxwell (Ensign, May 1999)
Develop discipline of self so that . . . you do not have to decide and redecide what you will do when
you are confronted with the same temptation time and time again. You need only decide some things once. --
Spencer W. Kimball
Difficulties are things that show what men are. -- Epictetus
Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember
that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a
conqueror, and this cannot be without toil. -- Epictetus
Discipline is doing the right thing without supervision. -- Col. Thomas Garrett, US Army
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. -- Jim Rohn
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important,
although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and
personal satisfaction. -- Margaret Thatcher (1925- ) British Prime
Minister
Distance doesn't matter; it's only the first step that is difficult. -- Marquise du Delfand
Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned. -- Ignazio Silone
Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because
someone else is not sure of you. -- Stewart E. White
Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters. -- Czech Proverb
Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress. --
Alfred A. Montapert
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and
leave a trail. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good. -- C.S. Lewis
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come. -- Janet E.
Stuart
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes
you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
-- Dale Carnegie
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. --
David Lloyd George
Don't be humble, you're not that good. -- Golda Mier
Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo
something; you're just a reflection. -- Hugh Nibley (Of All Things, p 64)
Don't be upset by people who don't like you or who speak ill of you. They
are the ones who will never know the pleasure of your friendship. --
Fr. Frog
Don't borrow someone else's spectacles to view yourself with. -- Simon
Travaglia
Don't confuse having a career with having a life. -- Hillary Clinton
Don't dismiss a good idea simply because you don't like the source. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Don't do stupid things, don't associate with stupid people, don't go to
stupid places, and don't live in stupid areas. --
Fr. Frog
Don't ever date a guy who looks better in makeup than you do. -- Susan
Don't ever slam a door; you might want to go back. -- Don Herold
Don't expect anything original from an echo. -- Author Unknown
Don't give up. Moses was once a basket case! -- Author Unknown
Don't just count your years, make your years count. -- Ernest Meyers
Don't just do enough to get by; do enough to get ahead. -- Author Unknown
Don't let the littleness in others bring out the littleness in you. -- Author Unknown
Don't let your mouth write no check that your tail can't cash. -- Bo Diddley
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. -- George Burns
Don't stop the parade to pick up a dime. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work. -- Artur Rubenstein
Don't waste today regretting yesterday instead of making a memory for tomorrow. -- Laura Palmer
Do or do not. There is no try. -- Yoda
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. -- Benjamin Franklin
Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized. -- Francis R. Havergal
Do we need more time? Or do we need to be more disciplined with the time
we have? -- Kerry Johnson
Do what's right, and try to get along with people, in that order. -- Ezra Taft Benson
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. -- James Dean
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and
captain of my soul. -- Ashleigh Brilliant
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve
distinction in any. -- Plato
Each morning puts a man on trial and each evening passes judgment. -- Roy Smith
Each of us has great gifts, but many of us severely limit ourselves with negative attitudes about our
potential. -- Gene R. Cook (Ensign, March 1986, page 78)
Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty. -- Stanislaw J. Lee
Each time we planned a program, each time we became involved in an
activity each time we mapped a course in our lives, if we applied the gauge,
"Will this please my Heavenly Father?" we would be spared so much of pain
and regret and enjoy so much of success and achievement that it would be
wonderful. -- Gordon B. Hinckley (Ensign, May 1985, p 48)
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. -- Napoleon Hill
Ego trips are almost always made on someone else's expense account. -- Neal A. Maxwell
Eighty percent of success is showing up. -- Woody Allen
Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it. -- Ovid
Elbow grease is the best polish. -- English proverb
En la boca cerrada, no entran las moscas (Flies don't enter a closed mouth). -- Mexican Proverb
Enthusiasm is nothing more or less than faith in action. -- Henry Chester
Envy is an insult to oneself. -- Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own. -- Harold Coffin
Even
a god cannot change the past. -- Agathon
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. -- Will Rogers,
1879-1935
Even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. -- Author Unknown
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. -- Tom Stoppard
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. --
Carl Jung
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
-- Pearl S. Buck
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence. -- Author
Unknown
Every man has three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he
has. -- Alphonse Karr, 1808-1890
Every man is a damned fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding the
limit. -- Elbert Hubbard
Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is
always a portrait of himself. -- Samuel Butler, 1835-1902
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin
slitting throats. -- H. L. Mencken
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it
leads. -- Erica Jong
Everyone is a house with four rooms: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Unless we go into
every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person. -- Rumer Godden
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -- Leo Tolstoy
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're
climbing it. -- Author Unknown
Every soul confined to a concentration camp of sin and guilt has a key to
the gate. The adversary cannot hold them if they know how to use it. The key
is labeled Repentance. -- Boyd K. Packer (Ensign, May 1992, p 68)
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human
freedoms -- to choose one's own attitude in any given set of circumstances,
to choose one's own way. -- Viktor Frankl, Auschwitz survivor
Everything happens for a reason. For every effect there is a specific cause. That applies especially to
success. People who are successful have chosen to be successful and have taken the steps to make it
happen. -- Brian Tracy (Bottomline Business, Dec 2000, p 14)
Everything has a price. There is a price to pay for success,
fulfillment, accomplishment, and joy. There are no freebies. If you don't
pay the price that is needed for success, you will pay the price of
failure. Preparation, work, study, and service are required to achieve and
find happiness. Disobedience and lack of preparation carry a terrible
price tag. -- James E. Faust, Ensign, May 2003, p 52
Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine. -- Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, Poet and Philosopher
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding
of ourselves. -- Carl Jung
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. -- Martin Luther King
Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right. -- Mario Cuomo
Excellence is an art won by
training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or
excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are
what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. --
Aristotle
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the
bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. -- Dennis Wholey
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. -- Author Unknown
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills. -- Minna Antrim
Experience is a hard teacher, because she gives the test first, and the lesson afterwards. -- Jenny Nay
Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. -- Aldous Huxley
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. -- Oscar Wilde
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. -- Author Unknown
Experience is the best teacher, but it doesn't have to be bad experience. -- Glen D. Zediker
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted. -- Author Unknown
Experience may be the best teacher, but it sure is a tough grader. -- Thaves (in "Frank and
Ernest")
Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here,
as what you do after you arrive. -- Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar",
1991
Failure is an event, never a person. -- William D. Brown
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the
success of others. -- Jules Renard
Failure isn't a cause. it is a result. -- Author Unknown
Failure is success if we learn from it. -- Malcolm Forbes
Failure is usually the line of least persistence. -- Wilfred Beaver
Faith is the only known cure for fear. -- Lena K. Sadler
Fair play with others is primarily not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. -- Eric Hoffer
Faith that the thing can be done is essential to any great achievement. -- Thomas N. Carruther
Families must continue to be the foundation of our nation. Families --
not government programs -- are the best way to make sure our children are
properly nurtured, our elderly are cared for, our cultural and spiritual
heritages are perpetuated, our laws are observed and our values are
preserved. Thus it is imperative that our government's programs, actions,
officials and social welfare institutions never be allowed to jeopardize the
family. We fear the government may be powerful enough to destroy our
families; we know that it is not powerful enough to replace them. -- Ronald
Reagan
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. --
Theodore Roosevelt
Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see
the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead. -- Louisa May Alcott
Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those
poor, timid spirits who know neither victory nor defeat. -- Theodore
Roosevelt, US President
Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are. -- Quentin Crisp
Fear is faith that it won't work out. -- Sister Mary Tricky
Fear is the devil's first and chief tool. -- John A. Widtsoe (General Conference Report,
Apr 1950, p 127)
Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Whine less, breathe more. Talk less, say more. Hate less,
love more. And all good things are yours. -- Swedish Proverb
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. -- Mark Twain
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be
banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. -- Petrarch (1304-1374) Italian poet and humanist
Flattery is alright - if you don't inhale. -- Adlai Stevenson
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale. -- Adlai Stevenson
The foolish man who sacrifices his peace of mind and happiness to seek
wealth is like a man who sells his home to buy furniture. -- Shards of
Wisdom, The Britain Book, Kolbrin Bible
Fool someone once and they'll feel foolish for a day. But teach them to fool themselves and they'll be
foolish for a lifetime. -- Michael Fry and T. Lewis (in "Over the Hedge")
For a man to be great, he must not dwell on small things, though he may
enjoy them. -- Joseph Smith
Forbidden fruit creates many jams. -- Author Unknown
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary
change in direction to set you straight for your next success. -- Denis
Waitley
Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead. -- Brian Koslow
Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you. -- Herbert Gasser
Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. -- Harriet Nelson
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. --
Paul Boese
Forgiveness of others for wrongs - imaginary or real - often does more for the forgiver than for the
forgiven. -- H. Burke Peterson (Ensign, November 1983, page 60)
Forgiving those who hurt us is the key to personal peace. -- G. Weatherly
For society as a whole, nothing comes as a "right" to which we are "entitled." Even
bare subsistence has to be produced - and produced at a cost of heavy toil for much of human history. The
only way anyone can have a right to something that has to be produced is to force someone else to provide
it for him. The more things are provided as rights, the less the recipients have to work and the more
others have to carry their load. -- Thomas Sowell
Freedom, after all, is simply being able to live with the consequences of your decisions. -- James X.
Mullen
Freedom for most people of the world means “freedom from” the absence of
malice or pain or suppression. But the freedom that God means when He deals
with us goes one step further. He means “freedom to” -- the freedom to act
in the dignity of our own choice. -- F. Enzio Busche, (Ensign, Nov
2000, 83)
Freedom is based on truth, and no man is completely free as long as any part of his belief is based on
error. -- N. Eldon Tanner (Ensign, May 1978, page 14)
Freedom...is not an inconsequential chucking of one's weight about, it is the disciplined overcoming of self. -- Iris Murdoch
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by
controlling the desire. -- Epictetus
Freedom thus obtained—that is, by obedience to the law of Christ—is
freedom of the soul, the highest form of liberty. And the most glorious
thing about it is that it is within the reach of every one of us, regardless
of what people about us, or even nations, do. All we have to do is learn the
law of Christ and obey it. To learn it and obey it is the primary purpose of
every soul's mortal life. -- Marion G. Romney (Ensign, Nov 1981, p
43)
Freedom to be your best means nothing unless you're willing to do your best. -- General Colin Powell
From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own. -- Publilius Syrus
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding. -- H. H. Williams
Generally each of us is painfully aware of our weaknesses, and we don't
need frequent reminders. Few people have ever changed for the better as a
result of constant criticism or nagging. -- Joe J. Christensen (Ensign,
May 1995, p 64)
Generally, the non-informed can be expected to oppose whatever he does not understand, hiding his own
ignorance by a degree of aggressive dissent roughly equal to the amount he does not understand. -- Zoob's
Law
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. -- George Eliot
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with
mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. --
Sophia Loren
Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your
principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return. -- John McCain, US Senator and
former prisoner of war in Vietnam
Goal begins with go. -- Bill Keane in "Family Circus"
Goals are dreams with deadlines. -- Diana Scharf Hunt
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are
essential to really keep us alive. -- Robert H. Schuller
Goals are stars to steer by, not sticks to beat yourself with. -- Barbara
B. Smith
Goals without action equal nothing. -- Anita Canfield (The Young Woman and her Self-Esteem, page
25)
God gave us two ends - one to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use. Head
you win, tail you lose. -- Author Unknown
God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest. -- J.G. Holland
God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can,
and the wisdom to know it's me. -- Author Unknown
God has entrusted me with myself. -- Epictetus
God helps those that help themselves. -- Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790
Go down to the fish market and look into the crab barrel. They never have to put a lid on it because if
one crab starts to crawl out, the others will grab onto him and pull him back down. That's what negative
peer pressure does. -- Ben Carson
God will hold us responsible for all the wonderful things on earth that
we refused to enjoy. -- Ancient Rabbinical Aphorism
Good character is not formed at the New Year. -- Maltbie D. Babcock
Human Felicity is produced not so much by great Pieces of good Fortune
that seldom happen, as by little Advantages that occur every Day. --
Benjamin Franklin (Autobiography, 1771)
Goals are dreams with deadlines. -- Diana Scharf Hunt
Good habits are developed in the workshops of our daily lives. It is not in the great moments of test
and trial that character is built. That is only when it is displayed. The habits that direct our lives and
form our character are fashioned in the often uneventful, commonplace routine of life. -- Delbert L.
Stapley (General Conference Report, October 1974, page 25)
Good homes are still the best source of good humans. -- Neal A. Maxwell (Ensign, October 1974,
page 71)
Good is not good, where better is expected. -- Thomas Fuller
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. -- Will Rogers
Good luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans. -- Author Unknown
Good luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. -- Darrell
Royal, University of Texas football coach
Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely
exhibit them. -- Amy Vanderbilt
Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. -- Clarence Thomas
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around
the laws. -- Plato
Grateful people are respectful people. Grateful people are courteous people. Grateful people are kindly
people. Be grateful. -- Gordon B. Hinckley (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, p. 250)
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. -- C.D. Jackson
Great is the road I climb, but the garland offered by an easier effort is
not worth the gathering. -- Sextus Propertius
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. -- Washington Irving
Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to
be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved. -- Marvin J. Ashton (Ensign, November 1984, page
22)
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. -- Henry Ward Beecher
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. -- Vincent van
Gogh
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. -- Samuel Johnson
Growth is the only evidence of life. -- John Henry Cardinal Newman
Hands that work are more blessed than Lips that pray. -- Howard W. Hunter
Happiness comes from within, and not from without. -- Milton R. Hunter (Conference
Report, Oct 1966, p 39.)
Happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. --
Dale Carnegie
Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior. --
Boyd K. Packer (Ensign, May 1997, p 10)
Happiness is knowing which bad habits to keep. -- Alex
Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your
attention to other things, it comes softly and sits on your shoulder. -- Author Unknown
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life. -- Burton Hills
Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it. -- Author Unknown
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. --
Ayn
Rand (1905 - 1982)
Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results. -- Dennis Wholey
Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now. -- Author Unknown
Having harvested all the knowledge and wisdom we can from our mistakes and failures, we should put them
behind us and go ahead. -- Edith Johnson
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. --
Samuel Johnson
Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope. -- AJ Cronin
He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth
will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did his job well'.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need
to be forgiven. --Thomas Fuller
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. -- Benjamin Franklin
He that won't be counseled can't be helped. -- Benjamin Franklin
He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions. --
Samuel Johnson
He who angers you conquers you. -- Elizabeth Kenny
He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality. -- Anwar
Sadat
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty. -- Lao-tzu
He who doesn't know for which port he is bound never has a fair wind. -- Author Unknown
He who defecates on the road will meet flies on his return. -- South African Proverb
He who fears he shall suffer already suffers what he fears. -- Michel de Montaigne
He who fears something gives it power over him. -- Arab proverb
He who feeds the crocodile most can take comfort from the fact that the crocodile will eat him last. --
John Howard, Sydney, Australia
He who has begun is half done. -- Horace
He who hesitates is probably right. -- Author Unknown
He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune. -- English proverb
He who leaves his house in search of happiness pursues a shadow, -- Author Unknown
He who limps still walks. -- Stanislaw Lec
He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. -- John
Milton
He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. -- Raymond Hull
He who wants to do everything will never do anything. -- Andre Maurois
He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot, is a fool; and he who
dares not, is a slave. -- Byron
History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark. -- Lord John Whorfin
History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstance. -- Donald Creighton
Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases. -- John W. Raper
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are
the one getting burned. -- Buddha
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from
clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. -- Joan
Lunden
Honesty does not require posturing. In fact, the two things are incompatible. Nor does objectivity
require neutrality. -- Thomas Sowell
Hope for a miracle. But don't depend on one. -- the Talmud
How can they say my life isn't a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and
escaped being eaten? -- Logan Pearsall Smith
How important it is to know how to disagree without being disagreeable. -- Marvin J. Ashton (Ensign,
May 1978, page 8)
Howling is not a substitute for thinking. -- Adlai E. Stevenson
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. -- Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield,
1804-1881
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. -- Publilius Syrus
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. -- Annie Dillard
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are
also remarkable for their disinclination to do so. -- Douglas Adams
Human development... consists of both refusing to do evil and choosing to do good. -- Neal A. Maxwell (Ensign,
July 1976, page 72)
Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune
that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. --
Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790
Humility comes from understanding that the obstacles in front of you are not going to go away. -- Sarah
Ferguson
Humility is like underwear - essential, but indecent if it shows. -- Author Unknown
Humility is royalty without a crown. -- Spencer W. Kimball (Improvement Era, August 1963, page
704)
Humility is the proper estimate of oneself. -- Author Unknown
I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific. -- Lily Tomlin
I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I
realized I was somebody. -- Lily Tomlin
I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I
have of it. -- Thomas Jefferson
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. -- Pablo Picasso
I am…convinced of the fact that the speed with which we head along the
Straight and narrow path isn't as important as the direction in which we are
Traveling. -- Marvin J. Ashton (Ensign, May 1989, p 20)
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. -- Louisa May Alcott
I believe the creative urge is something that God puts in us. And we’re
almost doing a disservice to God and man if we ignore that urge. -- Chaz
Allen
I believe many of us are overnourished on entertainment junk food and
undernourished on the bread of life. -- Dallin H. Oaks (Ensign, May
2001, p 84)
I believe that people who work 12 hours a day should go home with bigger loaves of bread than people
who work eight. -- Michael Levine
I can accomplish anything as long as its not what I'm supposed to be doing at that moment. -- Robert
Benchley
I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. --
Abraham Maslow
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness
ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
-- Henry Ward Beecher
I can't stress too strongly that decisions determine destiny. You can't
make eternal decisions without eternal consequences. -- Thomas S. Monson (CES
Fireside for Young Adults, 6 Nov 2005)
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That
is character! -- Teddy Roosevelt
I could do great things, if I weren't so busy doing little things. --
Ashleigh Brilliant
Ideas are funny little things. They won't work unless you do. -- Author Unknown
Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them. -- Alfred North Whitehead
I do not believe things happen accidentally. I believe you earn them. -- Madeleine Albright, US
Secretary of State
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect
has intended us to forgo their use. -- Galileo Galilei
I do not like work even when someone else does it. -- Mark Twain
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. -- Samuel Butler
I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will
fall on us if we nothing. -- Ronald Reagan, 20 Jan 1981
I don't know that I subscribe to the notion that power corrupts, but I do
know that it releases inhibitions, causing one's true colors to shine
through. -- Selwyn Duke
I don't know that there are any shortcuts to doing a good job. -- Sandra Day O'Connor
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -- Bill Cosby
I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand. -- Louis Armstrong
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have
lived the width of it as well. -- Diane Ackerman
If A equals success, then the formula is A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. --
Albert Einstein
If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work. -- Beryl Markham (1902-1986) English aviator
If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If
he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know. -- Thomas
Wolfe (1900-1938) US novelist
If at first you don't succeed, the boss probably saw you. -- Author Unknown
If at first you don't succeed you're running about average. -- M. H. Alderson
I feel much better, now that I've given up hope. -- Ashleigh Brilliant
If fate means you to lose, give it a good fight anyhow. -- William McFee
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. -- Anatole France
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I
cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress. -- Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort. -- Elizabeth King
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. -- Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826
If I'm not home, accepting what I can't change, I'm probably out,
changing what I can't accept. -- Ashleigh Brilliant
If it is worth doing, do it for money. -- Author Unknown
If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for. --
Florence S. Shinn
If one is cruel to himself, how can we expect him to be compassionate with others? -- Hasdai Ibn
Shaprut
If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater? --
Fran Lebowitz
If someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it. -- Author
Unknown
If there's no wind, row. -- Author Unknown
If the shoe fits, you're not allowing for growth. -- Robert N. Coons
If the things we believe in are different than the things we do, there can be no true happiness. --
Dana Telford
If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. -- Yogi Berra
If things go wrong, don't go with them. -- Roger Babson
If we all realized that we were the children of one father, we would stop shouting at each other as
much as we do. -- George Bernard Shaw
If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the
morrow that we had done. -- John Lubbock
If we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination. -- Dallin
H. Oaks (Ensign, Nov 2004, p 44)
If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we would all be millionaires. -- Abigail Van
Buren
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. -- Al Gore
If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us! -- Neal A.
Maxwell (Ensign, May 1987, p 71)
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources. -- Francois de La
Rochefoucauld
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable,
common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger,
pride and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice and
thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being
heroes. --Sir Thomas More, as quoted in the movie "A Man For All Seasons"
If we live in such a way that the considerations of eternity press upon us, we will make better
decisions. -- Spencer W. Kimball, (Ensign, Jan. 1977, p 3)
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today. --
Lou Holtz, University of South Carolina football coach
If ya keep a doin' whatcha always done, you'll keep a gettin' whatcha always got. -- Author Unknown
If you and I ever get into the celestial kingdom, we have got to keep the law of that kingdom. Show me
the law that a man keeps and I will tell you where he is going. -- Wilford Woodruff (Millenial Star,
July 1889, page 596)
If you are afraid for your future, you don't have a present. -- James Petersen
If you have a chance to do something now, and you don't, time will march
on unforgivingly. -- Brian Brovont; Salida, Indiana
If you're careful enough, nothing bad or good will ever happen to you. --
Ashleigh Brilliant
If you're going to be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy. -- Sylvester Stallone
If you are losing a tug-of-war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can
always buy a new rope. -- Max Gunther on personal trials
If you are not big enough to stand criticism, you are too small to be praised. -- Author Unknown
If you aren't fired with an enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. -- Vince Lombardi
If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. --
Raymond Inmon
If you are still talking about what you did yesterday, you haven't done much today. -- Author Unknown
If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over
something. -- Gertrude Stein
If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who
are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of
continuity and of the possibility for a full life. -- Tom Stoppard
If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your
liking? -- Thomas a Kempis
If you can't accept losing, you can't win. -- Vince Lombardi
If you can't afford to do it right, be sure you can afford to do it wrong. -- Author Unknown
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. -- Catherine Aird
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. -- Amy Tan
If you can't imitate him, don't copy him. Always be your own person. Never try to copy someone. Follow
the lead of people you believe in, but do what instinctively feels right for you. It's okay to idolize
someone. Role models are good for kids. -- Yogi Berra
If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly. --
Ashleigh Brilliant
If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything. -- Marva N. Collins
If you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice. -- Laurence
J. Peter
If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older. -- Tom
Stoppard
If you consider yourself a nobody and do nothing to improve yourself to become a somebody, you truly
will end up being a nobody. -- John H. Vandenberg (Ensign, Jan. 1973, page 38)
If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. --
Jennifer Jones
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. -- Napoleon
Hill
If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one. -- John
Galsworthy
If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost. -- Author Unknown
If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news? -- Robert
Anthony, Author
If you don't control your mind, someone else will. -- John Allston
If you don't defend your honor, people will assume you have none. -- Michael Levine
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. -- Jim Rohn
If you don't forgive your enemies, you're going to run out of friends. -- Mr. Ingram quoted by Tony
Hillerman
If you don't grow up you'll never grow old. -- Author Unknown
If you don't have a backbone, you need thicker skin. -- Gen Mora
If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all. -- A Grandmother
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it
over? -- John Wooden, UCLA basketball coach
If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. -- Author Unknown
If you don't know where you are goin', you will probably not wind up there. -- Forest Gump
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. -- Laurence J. Peter
and Raymond Hull
If you don't let success enrich your life, you have merely put failure into Guicci shoes. -- Author
Unknown
If you don't privately think you're the best in the game, you are probably in the wrong game. If you
don't think you can make a mistake, you are definitely in the wrong game. -- Author Unknown
If you don't risk anything, you risk even more. -- Erica Jong (How to Save your Own Life)
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. -- John Atkinson
If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of
life that's far below what you deserve. -- Anthony Robbins
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. -- Michael Evans
If you don't take control of your life, don't complain when others do. -- Beth Mende Conny
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. -- Author Unknown
If you ever go temporarily insane, don't shoot somebody, like a lot of people do. Instead try to get
some weeding done, because you'd really be surprised. -- Jack Handey
If you ever have a chance to do something great, take it. You may never
have that chance again. -- Blaine Nay
If you want to know whether or not to go with the flow, you first have to
know where the flow is coming from and where it's going. --
Selwyn Duke
If you ever wonder where your love went, you forgot that you are the one who makes it. -- Paul Pearsall
If you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all
your life. -- Abraham Lincoln
If you find yourself making too many excuses about the man (woman) you're currently seeing, you're
probably seeing the wrong person. -- Victoria
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around. --
Will Rogers
If you go through a lot of hammers each month, I don't think it necessarily means you're a hard worker.
It may just mean that you have a lot to learn about proper hammer maintenance. -- Jack Handey
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters. -- Alan
Simpson, US Senator
If you pick up a dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference
between a dog and a man. -- Mark Twain
If you question everything you are asked to do, or dig in your heels at every unpleasant challenge, you
make it harder for the Lord to bless you....Your agency, the right to make choices, is not given so that
you can get what you want. This divine gift is provided so that you will choose what your Father in Heaven wants for
you. That way He can lead you to become all that He intends you to be. That path leads to glorious joy and
happiness. -- Richard G. Scott, Ensign, May 1996, p 25
If you're going through hell, keep going. -- Winston Churchill on personal trials
If you're gonna date someone, be willing to marry them if offered. -- Jim Crume
If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. -- Julia Sorel
If your head tells you one thing and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should
decide whether you have a better head or a better heart. -- Marilyn Vos Savant
If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too. -- Sue Grafton, (M Is For Malice)
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. -- Jonathan Winters
If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. -- Julia Sorel
If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
-- Will Rogers
If you think it's going to rain, it will. -- Clint Eastwood
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right. -- Mary Kay Ash
If you think you're too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. -- Bette
Reese
If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've obviously never been in bed with a mosquito.
-- Michelle Walker
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? -- Stephen Wright
If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.
-- Win Borden
If you wait till you see the whites of their eyes, you will never know
what hit you. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. -- William James
If you want to be successful or outstanding in any field of endeavor, it is important that you
determine while young to be a great boy, and not wait to be a man to be a great man; and then have the
courage and strength and determination to discipline yourself, apply self-control and self-mastery. N.
Eldon Tanner (Ensign, May 1975, p 74)
If you want to do something positive for your children, improve your marriage. -- Author Unknown
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. -- Albert Einstein
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. -- J.M. Power
If you want to succeed in the world, you must make your own opportunities. -- John B. Gough
If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep. -- Yiddish Proverb
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you're dead and rotten, either write something worth reading,
or do things worth the writing. -- Benjamin Franklin
I have been told that you catch more flies with honey than you do with
vinegar. I say that you catch more brave lions with red meat than you do
with honey. Flies are easily swatted, my friend, attract the brave lions. --
Selwyn Duke
I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves. --
Gordon B. Hinckley (Ensign, Aug 1982, p 5)
I have discovered that patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude
while waiting. -- Joyce Meyer
I have never seen happier people than those who have repented. -- Stephen L. Richards (General
Conference Report, October 1940, page 35)
I hope if dogs ever take over the world, and they choose a king, they don't just go by size, because I
bet there are some Chihuahuas with some good ideas. -- Jack Handey
I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most
enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. -- George Washington
I know it's hard to understand that sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the
process of exploration and discovery. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The
future doesn't belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave. -- Ronald Reagan on the Challenger
space shuttle accident
I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak. -- Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. -- Jerome K. Jerome
I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to
accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. -- Helen Keller
I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are
is the point. -- Susan Sarandon
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body
but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as
I don't solicit their opinions or votes. -- William Tecumseh Sherman
I'm much too young to be this old. -- Dave Tracewell
I'm not happy. I'm cheerful. There's a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman
has cares but has learned how to deal with them. -- Beverly Sills
Important principles may and must be inflexible. -- Abraham Lincoln
Imposing limitations on yourself is cowardly because it protects you from having to try, and perhaps
failing. -- Vladimir Zworykin
In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else.
-- Andy Rooney (Pieces of My Mind)
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If
you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get
busy. -- Dale Carnegie
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark
on the things you have long taken for granted. -- Bertrand Russell
In a world where the big things have little difference -- it's the little
things that make a big difference. -- Peter Thomson, author
Inches make a champion. -- Vince Lombardi
Indecision may or may not be my problem. -- Jimmy Buffett
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. -- Albert Einstein
In life, as in business, there has always been a need for those persons
who could be called finishers. Their ranks are few, their opportunities
many, their contributions great. From the very beginning to the present
time, a fundamental question remains to be answered by each who runs the
race of life. Shall I falter or shall I finish? On the answer await the
blessings of joy and happiness here in mortality and eternal life in the
world to come. -- Thomas S. Monson (Ensign, Jul 1972, p 68)
In life we can alter our course through repentance, get back on course, and proceed vigorously toward
that great goal of eternal life. -- William H. Bennett (Ensign, May 1975, p 57)
I never did anything worth doing by accident; nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came
by work. -- Thomas Alva Edison
In making choices, discover what you can do, not what you think you can get away with. -- Blaine Nay
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,
stand like a rock. -- Thomas Jefferson
In not making the decision, you've made one. Not doing something is the same as doing it. -- Ivan Bloch
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired. -- Author Unknown
In order to discover who you are, first learn who everybody else is, and
you're what's left. -- Ashleigh Brilliant
In order to do what really matters to you, you have to, first of all,
know what really matters to you. -- Dr. Edward Hallowell, Psychiatrist
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are. -- Ovid
In putting off what one has to do, one runs the risk of never being able to do it. -- Charles
Baudeliare
Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong. --
Muhammad Ali
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. -- Pablo Picasso
Instead of thinking of reasons why it can't be done, find ways to do it. -- Neil Bergt
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time
trying to accomplish something they will admire. -- Dale Carnegie
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. -- Spencer
Johnson
Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christ-like characteristics. -- L. Lionel Kendrick (Ensign, Nov 1988)
Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. -- James E. Faust (Ensign, May 1982, page 47)
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and
dreadful. -- Samuel Johnson
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. -- C. Archie Danielson
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
In this life we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices. -- James E. Faust (Ensign, May 2004, p5)
In times of hurt and discouragement, it may be consoling . . . for all of us to recall that no one can
do anything permanently to us that will last for eternity. Only we ourselves can affect our eternal
progression. -- Marvin J. Ashton (Ensign, May 1984, p 10)
I pronounce it as certain that there was never yet a truly great
man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. -- Benjamin Franklin (The Busy-body, #3, 18 Feb 1728)
I recommend that you take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. -- Lord
Chesterfield
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. -- Wilson Mizner
I searched through rebellion, drugs, diet, mysticism, religion, intellectualism, and much more, only to
find that truth is basically simple and feels good, clear and right. -- Chick Corea
It ain't over 'til it's over. Never assume anything is finished until it is really finished. Good
things can happen if your persevere. -- Yogi Berra
It ain't so much the things you don't know that get you in trouble. It's the things you know that just
ain't so. -- Artimus Ward, 1834-1867
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. -- W.C. Fields
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. -- Anne Sexton
I teach them correct principles, and they govern themselves. -- Joseph Smith
It has always seemed somewhat paradoxical to me that we must constantly have the Lord command us to do
those things which are for our own good. -- Marion G. Romney (Ensign, November 1982, p 93)
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few
virtues. -- Abraham Lincoln
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. -- Henry Ford: Founder, Ford Motor Company
It has been said that the gate of history turns on small hinges, and so
do people's lives. The choices we make determine our destiny. -- Thomas S.
Monson (Ensign, Nov. 2004, p 67)
I thought glory was the object of war, and all glory was self-glory. No
more. There are greater pursuits than self-seeking. glory is not a conceit.
It is not a decoration for valor. It is not a prize for being the most
clever, the strongest, or the boldest. Glory belongs to the act of being
constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles,
to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return. No
misfortune, no injury, no humiliation can destroy it. -- John McCain, US
Senator, writing on his experiences as a POW in Viet Nam (Faith Of My
Fathers, p 257)
It is a poor, unwise and very imbecile people who cannot take care of
themselves. -- Brigham Young
It's a sad fact of human nature that people are more tolerant of clever
lies than harshly spoken truths. --
Selwyn Duke
It is a sheer waste of time and soul-power to imagine what I would do if things were different. They
are not different. -- Frank Crane
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers. -- James Thurber
It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates
dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. -- John Stuart Mill
It is better to be alone than in bad company. -- Joseph Smith
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. -- Herman Melville
It is better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and resolve all doubt. --
Abraham Lincoln
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than to lie awake about them afterward. -- Baltasar Gracian
It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't. -- Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) 8th President of the United States
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. -- William Blake
It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top. -- Author Unknown
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be
governed. -- Henry Ward Beecher
It is generally good medicine to sympathize with others, but not with
yourself. -- Marvin J. Ashton (Ensign, May 1988, p 63)
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that
matters in the end. -- Ursula K. LeGuin
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. -- Henry Louis Mencken
It is important that we keep in mind that the choices we make as we
decide what is good and what is evil are the most important decisions we
will ever make. Upon them depends our happiness or misery throughout time
and eternity. -- Marion G. Romney (Ensign, Aug 1978)
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument. -- William G. McAdoo
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. -- Anthony
Robbins
It is never too late to be what you might have been. -- George Eliot
It is never too late to give up your prejudices. -- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
It is not always an easy life, but it can be most rewarding, depending upon our attitude toward it. --
Spencer W. Kimball (Ensign, Oct. 1975, p 2)
It is not how old you are, but how you are old. -- Jules Renard
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. -- William Shakespeare
It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of pacific station that great characters are formed.
-- Abigail Adams
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. -- W. Edwards Deming
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. -- Aesop
It is not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map the course of our
living....Our lives are, in reality, the sum total of our seemingly unimportant decisions and of our
capacity to live by those decisions. By what standards shall we make those decisions? By the standards of
Caesar, meaning the standards of the state as politicians have established those standards? By the
standards of the circus, meaning the standards of the self-seeking masses? Or shall we make our decisions
by the standards of Christ, the Son of God, who came in the meridian of time, as the one true lawgiver?
What are the standards by which you will govern your life? I should like to suggest three standards by
which to judge each of the decisions that determine the behavior patterns of your lives. These standards
are so simple as to appear elementary, but I believe their faithful observance will provide a set of moral
imperatives by which to govern without argument or equivocation each of our actions and which will bring
unmatched rewards. They are: Does it enrich the mind? Does it discipline and strengthen the body? Does it
nourish the spirit? -- Gordon B. Hinckley (BYU Devotional, October 26, 1965)
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the
doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena;
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again
and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause;
who, at the best knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails
while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither
victory nor defeat. -- Theodore Roosevelt
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that
is poor. -- Seneca: Philosopher, statesman, dramatist
It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill just add a little dirt. -- Author Unknown
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in
your shoe. -- Robert W. Service
It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it
when discovered. -- Christian Bovee
It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to- day basis. -- Margaret Bonnano
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. -- JK Rowling
It is selfishness which is the cause of most of our misery. -- Gordon B. Hinckley (Ensign,
November 1988, page 54)
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he
is, not according to what he has. -- Henry Ward Beecher
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. --
Aesop's Fables
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do
wrong. -- Abraham Lincoln
It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done. --
Author Unknown
It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one.
What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner. -- Vince Lombardi
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. -- Tom Brokaw
It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required. -- Sir Winston Churchill
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. -- Roy Disney
It's not so much what happens to us but how we deal with what happens to us. -- James E. Faust, 174th Semiannual General Conference, Oct 2004
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. -- Albert Einstein
It's not that `today is the first day of the rest of my life, but that now is all there is of my life.
-- Hugh Prather
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so. -- Will Rogers
It's not whether you got knocked down. It's whether you get back up. --
Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers coach
It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. -- Kin Hubbard
It's so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to. -- Annie Gottlier
It's so important to believe in yourself. Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because
if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief keeps you searching for the answers, and then
pretty soon you get it. -- Wally "Famous" Amos
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. -- Marlene Dietrich
It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. -- Mignon McLaughlin
It's vital to select goals that are consistent with correct principles. -- "Supervision in
Teaching: A Case in Point" (Ensign, Oct. 1974, p 30)
It takes a great man to be a good listener. -- Calvin Coolidge
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded. -- Anne
Morrow Lindbergh
It takes courage to stand up and speak; it takes even more courage to sit down and listen. -- Author
Unknown
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) English author
I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the
end. -- Larry Bird
I walk firmer and more secure up hill than down. -- Michel de Montaigne
It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some
anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
-- Boyd K. Packer (Ensign, May 1978, p 93)
I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist. -- Paul Harvey
I've observed that the less a man has to be proud of, the more proud he
usually is. -- Selwyn Duke
I went on a diet - had to go on two diets at the same time 'cause one diet wasn't giving me enough
food. -- Barry Marter
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