"Almost every day brings opportunities to perform unselfish acts for others. Such acts are unlimited and can be as simple as a kind word, a helping hand, or a gracious smile." ~James E. Faust
"But so long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur and power from the earth, from man and from the Infinite, so long are you young." ~James E. Faust (1920 - 2007)
“Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The reason for some of these trials cannot be readily understood except on the basis of faith and hope because there is often a larger purpose which we do not always understand. Peace comes through hope.” ~James E. Faust
"Getting back on the right track may involve the principles of repentance: first, recognizing the error of our ways; second, forsaking the wrongful conduct; third, never repeating it; and, fourth, confessing and making restitution where possible." ~James E. Faust
“Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” ~James E. Faust
“I hope that each of you girls will become an individual of significant worth and a person of virtue so that your contributions are maintained in both human and eternal terms.” ~James E. Faust
“In my experience there are few people who are of true genius. There are many who are gifted, but most of the world's work and great things come from ordinary people with a talent which they develop.” ~James E. Faust, Stories from My Life
“In my opinion, the teaching, rearing, and training of children requires more intelligence, intuitive understanding, humility, strength, wisdom, spirituality, perseverance, and hard work than any other challenge we might have in life.” ~James E. Faust, Stories from My Life
“It is in a home and with a family that values are usually acquired, traditions are fostered, and commitments to others are established. There are really no adequate substitutes for home and family.” ~James E. Faust
"Learning by experience has value, but the “school of hard knocks” is deserving of its name." ~James E. Faust
“May we all be faithful in doing the day-to-day, ordinary things that prove our worthiness, for they will lead us to and qualify us for great things.” ~James E. Faust
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years.
People grow old by deserting their ideals.
Years wrinkle the skin,
but giving up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair -
these are the long years that bow the head
and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
You are as young as your faith
and as old as your doubts;
as young as your self-confidence,
as old as your fear;
as young as your hope,
as old as your despair.”
~James E. Faust,
Stories from My Life
“None of us knows the wisdom of the Lord. We do not know in advance exactly how He would get us from where we are to where we need to be, but He does offer us broad outlines in our patriarchal blessings. We encounter many bumps, bends, and forks in the road of life that leads to the eternities.” |James E. Faust
“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There are no completely private choices.” ~James E. Faust
"Progression comes faster and easier by learning from our parents, those who love us, and our teachers. We can also learn from the mistakes of others, observing the consequences of their wrong choices." ~James E. Faust
“There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” ~James E. Faust
"Tomorrow’s blessings and opportunities depend on the choices we make today." ~James E. Faust
“We frequently find that the influence of good women is underrated. It is an influence that is often subtle but yet has tremendous consequences. One woman can make a great difference for a whole nation.” ~James E. Faust
“We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.” ~James E. Faust
“What are we doing to keep the light shining in our own eyes and countenances; Much of that light comes from our discipline dedication and consecration.” ~James E. Faust
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