Infinite worth

There is one responsibility which no man can evade;  that responsibility is his personal influence.  Man's unconscious influence is the silent, subtle radiation of his personality the effect of his words and his acts on others.  This radiation is tremendous.  Every moment of life man is changing, to a degree, the life of the whole world.

Every man has an atmosphere, which is affecting every other man. He cannot escape for one moment from this radiation of his character, this constant weakening or strengthening of others.   Man cannot evade the responsibility by merely saying that it is an unconscious influence. Man can select the qualities he would permit to be radiated.  He can cultivate sweetness, calmness, trust, generosity, truth, justice, loyalty, nobility, and make them vitally active in his character.  And by these qualities he will constantly affect the world.

This radiation, to which I refer, comes from what a person really is, not from what he pretends to be.  Every man by his mere living is radiating either sympathy, sorrow, cynicism, or happiness and hope or any one of a hundred other qualities.

David O. McKay: BYU address, April 27, 1948

Her mouth speaks from that which fills her heart.

Pray through it

Prayer changes everything

Faith is more about trusting than trying.

Trust in Him

We see possibilities in others, but do we ever dream of the possibilities within ourselves?

What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

Decide to like yourself.  Then do it!

 

Your are a somebody, not a nobody.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Each of us came to this earth with a special mission to perform. 

We may not know what it is, but our Heavenly Father knows.

Just as a mechanic needs tools to repair a car, we are all tools in the hands of God.  Each tool is different.  Each tool is necessary.  Do we know what tool we are and which parts we were meant to prepare?

Always remember the outside of a person doesn't usually tell the whole story.

People are like stained glass windows.  They glow and sparkle when it's sunny and bright, but when the sun goes down their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

No woman was ever quite like you.  The Lord made only one, without carbons.  You are not repeated and not repeatable.  No one else can do what the Lord sent you to do.  The value of what you have to contribute will come through the expression of your own personality, that particular spark of the divine that make you unique, setting you off from every other living creature.  The mark you leave on the world, on the hearts and minds of others is as distinct as your thumb print. 

Barbara B. Smith

" Each of us comes into this world separately, one by one. This is not an accident. I think it's the Lord's way of reminding us of the infinite worth of each soul."

Life is a state of radiation and absorption.  To exist is to radiate: to exist is to be the recipient of radiation.  Jesus knows that His kingdom will triumph, and He wants you to triumph with it. He knows in advance every strategy the enemy will use against you and the kingdom. He knows your weaknesses and He knows your strengths. By personal revelation you may discover some of your strengths through a careful and prayerful study of your patriarchal blessing. In prayer you can ask Him to reveal to you your weaknesses so that you can amend your life.

Ezra Taft Benson

 

When you understand your worth as a daughter of God, you will have a greater desire to turn your weaknesses into strengths and radiate the light of Christ.

"Like the caterpillars who will one day become butterflies, you have the magnificent potential to develop the powers within you and become greater than most of you dare to dream...You  have the power and the capacity to perform so well that you can inherit all that our Father has if you begin the process and continue until you become what you are really meant to be...You can choose to use the powers within you to have a happy life of
continual growth and development that leads to eternal progression."

Barbara B. Smith

Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again,

for no failure ever need be final.

Thomas S. Monson

As we mature spiritually under the guidance of the Holy Ghost,

our sense of personal worth, of belonging, and of identity increases.

James E. Faust

"I testify that the Lord loves women. He watches over us and loves our womanhood-the duties and the responsibilities of our gender-and he can speak to us directly with spiritual messages that are necessary for our personal welfare and for the callings in which we are engaged..."

One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves. 

One of our common failings is to depreciate our tremendous worth.

A shallow self-image is not improved by always letting others establish our standards and by habitually succumbing to peer pressure.  Young people too often depend upon someone else's image rather than their own.

The Savior doesn't just speak to the masses.  He ministered and showed love to the one.  They weren't all beautiful and perfect.  He looked at their heart.  He does with you also.

James E. Faust