To whom we owe everything

 

 

“It pleases God to have us humbly recognize his powers and his influence in our accomplishments rather than to indicate by words or innuendo that we have been responsible for remarkable achievements.”

Marvin J. Ashton

“Joy and happiness are born of gratitude.”

Gordon T. Watts

“The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.”

James E. Faust

“Gratitude is twin sister to humility; pride is a foe to both.”

James E. Talmadge

“There is nothing that we are enduring that Jesus does not understand, and

He waits for us to go to our Heavenly Father in prayer.”

Robert D. Hales

“Sometimes in the midst of trials we cry out, ‘What have I done wrong to deserve this?’ Often, tribulation comes into our lives not because we are doing something wrong but because of what we are doing right. We are striving for the purification and sanctification that will lead us to exaltation. We all must pass through a certain amount of fire so that our spirits will be pliable in the hands of the Lord.”

Glenn L. Pace

“Hold fast to the blessings which God has provided for you.

Yours is not the task to gain them, they are here; yours is the part of cherishing them”

J. Reuben Clark

“…Decisions are constantly before us which can determine our destiny. In order for us to make the correct decisions, courage is needed—the courage to say no when we should, the courage to say yes when that is appropriate, the courage to do the right thing because it is right.”

Thomas S. Monson

“There exists an eternal law that each human soul, through the choices he makes, will shape his own destiny. Our success or failure, peace or discontent, happiness or misery, depend on the choices we make each day.”

N. Eldon Tanner, Ensign, July 1973

“There are relative truths, and there are also absolute truths which are the same yesterday, today, and forever never changing. These absolute truths are not altered by the opinions of men….The Lord has defined truth as being a ‘knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come. God’s existence is a reality. Immortality is a reality. These realities will not go away simply because we have different opinions about them. These realities will not be dissolved just because some have doubts about them.”

Spencer W. Kimball

“…Noble fatherhood gives us a glimpse of the divine attributes of our Father in Heaven.”

James E. Faust

“There is no need in any land for conflict between diverse groups of any kind. Let there be taught in the homes of people that we are all children of God, our Eternal Father, and that as surely as there is fatherhood, there can and must be brotherhood.”

Gordon B. Hinckley

“Each of us will be tested. The Apostle Paul warned that in the latter days, those who diligently follow the Lord ‘shall suffer persecution.’  That very persecution can either crush you into silent weakness or motivate you to be more exemplary and courageous in your daily lives.”

Russell M. Nelson

“One of the hardest things to live within any relationship is criticism, real or implied.”

Robert E. Wells

“No matter how difficult and impossible the circumstances we face, we must retain the attitude that we are still in the Lord’s debt. Just keeping the commandments, while laudable, may be enough to maintain our faith but not enough to increase it. We must continue sacrificing and serving with no thought of reward. We do it out of love and gratitude for the Lord, to whom we owe everything.”

John K. Carmack