Shakespeare

How far that little candle throws his beams. So shines a good deed in a weary world.
Shakespeare

The Purposes of Adversity

Apostle Orson F. Whitney (1855–1931) of the Quorum of
the Twelve Apostles, explained: “No pain that we suffer, no
trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our educa-
tion, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith,
fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we
endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up
our characters, purifes our hearts, expands our souls, and
makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be
called the children of God . . . and it is through sorrow and
suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education
that we come here to acquire.”  

Quoted by Spencer W. Kimball in Faith Precedes the Miracle (1972), 98

Always a way

"I too believe that God will always make a way where there is no way. I believe that if we will walk in obedience to the commandments of God, if we will follow the counsel of the priesthood, he will open a way even where there appears to be no way."

--Gordon B. Hinckley, "If Ye Be Willing and Obedient", Ensign, Jul 1995, 2

Preach that this is the greatest country in all the world.

Men may fail in this country, earthquakes may come, seas may heave beyond their bounds, there may be great drought, disaster and hardship, but this nation, founded on principles laid down by men whom God raised up, will never fail.  This is the cradle of humanity, where life on this earth began in the Garden of Eden.  This is the place of the New Jerusalem.  This is the place that the Lord said is favored above all other nations in all the world.  This is the place where the Savior will come to His temple.  This is the favored land in all the world.  Yes, I repeat, men may fail, but this nation won't fail.  I have faith in America; you and I must have faith in America if we understand the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  We are living in a day when we must pay heed to these challenges.

I plead with you not to preach pessimism.  Preach that this is the greatest country in all the world.  This is the favored land.  This is the land of our forefathers.  It is the nation that will stand despite whatever trials or crises it may yet have to pass through.

Ye Are the Light of the World: Selected Sermons and Writings of Harold B. Lee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1974)

Finance

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
- Benjamin Franklin

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
- John Adams

We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude.
- Thomas Jefferson

We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.
- Samuel Adams

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
- Thomas Paine

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company.
- George Washington

Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
- James Madison

In the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
- Alexander Hamilton

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.
- John Hancock

Old English Proverb

Fear knocked at the door,

Faith answered,

No one was there….

when God speaks and we obey, we will always be right

"Noah had the unwavering faith to follow God’s commandments. May we ever do likewise. May we remember that the wisdom of God ofttimes appears as foolishness to men; but the greatest lesson we can learn in mortality is that when God speaks and we obey, we will always be right."

--Thomas S. Monson, "They Marked the Path to Follow", Ensign, Oct 2007, 4–9

Don’t hoard urgent items.

Challenge yourself to delegate urgent items to others!

Attitude

Laman and Lemual, didn’t break the commandments, they obeyed grudgingly….

Feeling rushed?

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~ Lao Tzu

Hope

“In and through and by and because of him we and all men have a hope of peace in this life and eternal glory in the world to come.  He is our hope.  Without him we would have no hope of immortality, ho hope of eternal life, no hope of continuation of the family unit, no hope of eternal progress, no hope of exaltation, no hope of any good thing.  All the hopes of all the righteous of all the ages center in him.  ‘O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.’  (Jer. 17:13; 14:8; 50:7)

Missionaries

You don’t measure a missionary by the number of baptisms they have, you measure it by how their grandkids turn out.

Hold to the plow.

Look forward with Faith you have an eternal linage.

Anti-Family = Anti-Christ

Anti-Family = Anti-Christ

Think about the things in your life that distract from your family?

Why we sin

1. opportunity/ situation

2. motivation/circumstances

3. integrity

Failure on 2 of the 3 will usually end in sin.

Is life fair?

If life was fair Christ wouldn’t have had to suffer for your sins!

April 2009 We Are Doing a Great Work and Cannot Come Down

Pause for a moment and check where your own heart and thoughts are. Are you focused on the things that matter most? How you spend your quiet time may provide a valuable clue. Where do your thoughts go when the pressure of deadlines is gone? Are your thoughts and heart focused on those short-lived fleeting things that matter only in the moment, or on things that matter most?

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Second Counselor in the First Presidency

April 2009 Counsel to Young Men

Young men speak of the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future. I am an old man, but I will speak to the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood about your future.

President Boyd K. Packer
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Prayer

"No earthly authority can separate us from direct access to our Creator. There can never be a mechanical or electronic failure when we pray. There is no limit on the number of times or how long we can pray each day. There is no quota of how many needs we wish to pray for in each prayer. We do not need to go through secretaries or make an appointment to reach the throne of grace. He is reachable at any time and any place."

--James E. Faust, "The Lifeline of Prayer", Ensign, May 2002, 59

Emergency Preparedness

If You......	You could be dead in....
Panic	3 to 4 seconds
Don't have oxygen	3 to 4 minutes
Don't have shelter	3 to 4 hours
Don't have water	3 to 4 days
Don't have food	3 to 4 weeks
Don't work as a group	3 to 4 months

Don't let your guard down.

Satan can't have a family, so he wants yours.....

Our time is short.

If you pile in enough tomorrow's you will have found you have many empty yesterday's , enjoy the journey!

Happiness

Live in the moment, be happy.