Sacred and Divine

"You are a child of God. He is the father of your spirit. Spiritually you are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven. Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line.

You are a child of God!"  

Boyd K. Packer

God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand created.

Mark Twain

"How marvellous a thing it is to contemplate that each of you is a daughter of God, a girl with a divine birthright and a divine destiny....  "I wish you-each of you, wherever you are-to know that you are loved.  You are loved by your Father in Heaven, of whose divine nature you have partaken. And He desires that His Holy Spirit will be near you wherever you go if you will invite it and cultivate it. "There is something of divinity within each of you. You have such tremendous potential with that quality as a part of your inherited nature. Every one of you was endowed by your Father in Heaven with a tremendous capacity to do good in the world. Train your minds and your hands that you may be equipped to serve well in the society of which you are a part. Cultivate the art of being kind, of being thoughtful, of being helpful. Refine within you the quality of mercy which comes as a part of the divine attributes you have inherited. "Some of you may feel that you are not as attractive and beautiful and glamorous as you would like to be. Rise above any such feelings, cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others.  "You need never feel inferior. You need never feel that you were born without talents or without opportunities to give them expression.  Cultivate whatever talents you have, and they will grow and refine and become an expression of your true self appreciated by others. 

"In summary, try a little harder to measure up to the divine within each of you"

Gordon B. Hinckley

"I want to tell you, each and every one of you, that you are well acquainted with God our Heavenly Father.... You are all well acquainted with him, for there is not a soul of you but what has lived in his house and dwelt with him year after year; and yet you are seeking to become acquainted with him, when the fact is, you have merely forgotten what you did know."

Brigham Young

"I want you to know that I know that whenever one of Heavenly Father's children kneels and talks to him, he listens. I know this, as well as I know anything in this world which Heavenly Father listens to every prayer from his children. I know our prayers ascend to heaven.

No matter what we may have done wrong, he listens to us."

H. Burke Peterson
 

"You are second to none. You are daughters of God. There has come to you as your birthright something beautiful and sacred and divine. Never forget that. Your eternal Father is the great Master of the universe. He rules over all, but He will also listen to your prayers as His daughter and hear you as you speak to Him."

Gordon B. Hinckley

 

"To be a daughter of God means that you are the offspring of Deity,

literal descendants of a Divine Father, inheriting godly attributes and potential."

James E. Faust

"Know that you are daughters of God, children of a divine birthright.

Walk in the sun with your heads high, knowing that you are loved and honored,

that you are a part of his kingdom."

Gordon B. Hinckley
 

I am certain our Heavenly Father is displeased when we refer to ourselves as nobody. We do ourselves a great injustice when we allow ourselves, through tragedy, misfortune, challenge, discouragement, or whatever the earthly situation, to identify ourselves. No matter how or where we find ourselves, we cannot with any justification label ourselves as nobody. As children of God we are somebody. He will build us, mold us, and magnify us if we will but hold our heads up, our arms out, and walk with Him. What a great blessing to be created in His image and know of our true potential in and through him! What a great blessing to know that in His strength we can do all things!

"In God's eyes, nobody is a nobody.

We should never lose sight of what we may become and who we are."  

 Marvin J. Ashton

I would charge you to say again and again to yourselves,

I am a daughter of God and by so doing begin today to live closer

to those ideals which will make your life happier and more fruitful because of

an awakened realization of who you are.

Harold B. Lee

 

Over the years I have enjoyed collecting gems of wisdom from movies and musicals.

I always have with me a pen and a piece of paper so that I can write down any quotes I

might find worthwhile. I have quite a collection. On one occasion some years ago I was

watching the animated movie The Lion King with a few of my grandchildren. I took many

notes, for I found lessons there. That which I desire to share with you is an exchange which

takes place between a grown-up Simba and the spirit of his departed father, Mufasa, as Simba

is doubting himself and his destiny. Says Mufasa's spirit, "Look inside yourself, Simba.

You are more than what you have become. . . . Remember who you are. . . . Remember."

To all who are here today, I say, "Look inside yourself. You are more than what you

have become. Remember who you are." You are a son or daughter of our Heavenly Father.

You have come from His presence to live on this earth for a season and to live in such a

way that you are an example of the believers and a true light to the world. When that

season has ended, you will be able to return to live with Him once again. May this be your

blessing as you nurture your testimony and as you follow the example set for you and for

all of us by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, "the true Light, which lighteth every man

and woman that cometh into the world." Of Him I testify: He is our Savior and our

Redeemer, our Advocate with the Father. He is our Exemplar and our strength. He is the

light that shineth in darkness. That each of us here today may pledge to follow Him and to

be His lights among men and women is my prayer.

In His holy name even Jesus Christ the Lord amen.

Thomas S. Monson

"You can do hard things."

Emily Freeman

"I may be one, but one becomes two,

when you stand with me, and I stand with you..."

Hilary Weeks

"It is true that some have greater power of resistance than others, but everyone has the power to close his heart against doubt, against darkness, against unbelief, against anger, against hatred, against jealousy, against malice, against envy. God has given this power unto all of us, and we can gain still greater power by calling upon Him for that which we lack. If it were not so, how could we be condemned for giving way to wrong influences?"

George Q. Cannon

"Listen to the quietest whispers of your mind.

They are telling you the choices that will help you the most."     

When something bad happens we have 3 choices:

we can either let it define us,

let it destroy us, or

we can let it strengthen us.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess.

Just breathe, and have faith that everything will work out for the best.

‎"The remarkable thing is that we have a choice every day

regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day."

Thomas S. Monson

Happiness is the joy of the soul, always

"Be one who nurtures and who builds. Be one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart, who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them. If we could look into each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently..."

Marvin J. Ashton

"Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?"

"Far from what I was once was but not yet what I am going to be."

"God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day."
"Don't allow your wounds to turn you into a person you are not."
Apologizing does not always mean that you're wrong and the other person is right.

It just means that you value your relationship more than your ego.

"You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall

those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well."
"We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free!"

Neal A. Maxwell

"And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness."

2 Nephi 5:27:
"So many of us are always waiting to be happy… Don't wait for the right job, the right house, the right salary, the right dress size. Be happy today. Be happy now."

Joseph B. Wirthlin

"We are always complaining that our days are few;

and acting as though there would be no end to them."

"I'm just an ordinary woman with the same joys and frustrations of every other woman. Sometimes the frustrations are great; and sometimes the joys simple, like having an even number of socks come out of the dryer. We all work at feeling joy and finding peace."

Elaine L. Jack
"Happiness is one of the aims of the gospel; not pain, not grief, not gloom, not pleasure. There is a difference between pleasure and happiness. Happiness is the joy of the soul, always."

David O. McKay

 "It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him"

Abraham Lincoln

"Let thy heart be of good cheer before my face; and thou shalt bear record of my name…."

D&C 112:4

I hope you feel the Lords love for you engraved upon your hearts today,

and help others to feel it too!

If you want Him through the day

Ever keep in exercise the principle of mercy, and be ready to forgive our brother on the first intimations of repentance, and asking forgiveness; and should we even forgive our brother, or even our enemy, before he repents or asks forgiveness, our heavenly Father would be equally as merciful unto us.

Joseph Smith

Giving us weakness is one of the Lord's ways of getting our attention."

 Hartman Rector

When we understand the character of God, and know how to come to Him, he begins to unfold the heavens to us, and to tell us all about it. When we are ready to come to him, he is ready to come to us.

Joseph Smith

"The Lord knows who we really are, what we really think, what we really do,

 and who we really are becoming."

David A. Bednar

It is a time-honored adage that love begets love. Let us pour forth love, show forth our kindness unto all mankind, and the Lord will reward us with everlasting increase; cast our bread upon the waters and we shall receive it after many days, increased to a hundredfold.

Joseph Smith

"Our spirits long for us to remember the truth about who we are, because the way we see ourselves or our sense of identity affects everything we do."

Sheri Dew

"Don't you quit. You keep walking, you keep trying, there is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon. Some come late. Some don't come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come."

Jeffrey R. Holland

"Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"The Savior wept and bled and died for you. He has given everything for your happiness and salvation. He certainly is not going to withhold help from you now!"

Jeffrey R. Holland

I meet God in the morning, When my day is at its best, And his presence comes like sunshine, Like a glory in my breast. All day long his presence lingers, All day long he stays with me, And we sail in perfect calmness, O'er a sometimes troubled sea. So I think I know a secret, Learned from traveling down life's way. You must seek God in the morning, If you want him through the day.

Hugh B. Brown

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

"Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,

still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings." 

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles;..."

Isaiah 40:31

"What to do when adversity strikes? There is only one thing to do. Stand steady and see it through. Stay steadfast, constant, and true. The real tragedy in the whirlwinds of life comes only when we allow them to blow us off our true course."

David S. Baxter

Just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life.

You just gotta get there.
‎"Be gentle and patient with yourself.

God made the sunrise for a reason; it is a new day, a new beginning."

‎"If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies."

The most constant thing is change

 

Quotes by Thomas S. Monson

"Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith."
"The most constant thing is change."

"Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler.

There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp,

minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save."


"Ideals are like the stars - you can't touch them with your hands,

but by following them you reach your destination. "

"My dear sisters, do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks.

Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle. "

"Your mind is a cupboard and you stock the shelves."


"Whatever our calling, regardless of our fears or anxieties,

let us pray and then go and do."
"We need to learn what we need to learn, know what we need to know,

 and do what we need to do."


"Remember that ofttimes the wisdom of God appears as foolishness to men,

but the greatest single lesson we can learn in mortality

is that when God speaks and a man obeys, that man will always be right."
"You have a heritage honor it.

You possess a testimony share it.

You will face temptations withstand it.

You know the truth live it."


"Faith precedes the miracle. It has ever been so and shall ever be. It was not raining when Noah was commanded to build an ark. There was no visible ram in the thicket when Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. Two heavenly personages were not yet seen when Joseph knelt and prayed. First came the test of faith–and then the miracle. Remember that faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other. Cast out doubt. Cultivate faith."

"Man has made remarkable strides in conquering outer space, but how futile have been his efforts in conquering inner space- the space in our hearts and minds of men."

"Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears." "We do not find truth groveling through error."


"May each of us remember this truth; 'one cannot forget mother and remember God.

One cannot remember mother and forget God.' Why?

Because these two sacred persons, God and mother,

partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one."

"Let me begin now, this very night, to emulate Christ. Cast off forever will be the old self and with it defeat, despair, doubt, and disbelief. To a newness of life I come--a life of faith, hope courage, and joy. No task looms too large; no responsibility too heavy; no duty is a burden. All things become possible."

"The Lord shapes the back to bear the burden placed upon it."

"It is in the home that we form our attitudes, our deeply held beliefs. It is in the home that hope is fostered or destroyed. Our homes are to be more than sanctuaries; they should also be places where God’s Spirit can dwell, where the storm stops at the door, where love reigns and peace dwells" "Sometimes we let our thoughts of tomorrow take up too much of today. Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort but will not take the place of living in the present.

This is the day of our opportunity, and we must grasp it"

May we muster courage at the crossroads, courage for the conflicts,

courage to say, "no," courage to say, "yes," for courage counts. " "We will never regret the kind words spoken or the affection shown. Rather, our regrets will come if such things are omitted from our relationships with those who mean the most to us."

"Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected and they don't know why. All they want is to be somebody. "

"When we treat people merely as they are,

they will remain as they are.

When we treat them as if they were what they should be,

they will become what they should be. "
"When you're at a funeral and you're crying,

you're crying for yourself"
"In the private sanctuary of one's own conscience lies that spirit,

that determination to cast off the old person and to measure up to the statue of true potential."

"Heavenly Father has a picture of you on His dresser.

He loves you and will help you. Call upon Him."

"Prayer can solve more problems, alleviate more suffering, prevent more transgression, and bring about greater peace and contentment in the human soul than can be obtained in any other way."

"Our most significant opportunities will be found

 in times of greatest difficulty. "
"Cooperativeness is not so much learning how to get along with others

 as taking the kinks out of ourselves, so that others can get along with us." "Let us respect others no one lives alone in a city, a nation, or a world."

"Anger does not solve anything; it builds nothing."

"Your future depends on your Faith."

"Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, 'How many positions did you hold,'

 but rather, 'How many people did you help?"

Hope is putting faith

"For thou knowest that we have done this work through great tribulation;

 and out of our poverty we have given of our substance to build a house to thy name,

that the Son of Man might have a place to manifest himself to his people."

D&C 109:5

Quotes by Thomas S. Monson

"Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier"

Fortaleza Brazil Temple

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage,

disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

Gilbert Arizona Temple

"Remember who you are and what God expects you to become."

Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple

"Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion."

Hartford Connecticut Temple

"He who gives money gives some, he who gives time gives more, and he who gives of himself gives all."

Indianapolis Indiana Temple

"Youth need less critics and more models."

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple

"There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs.

When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past."

Trujillo Perú Temple

"Don't forget: one of the saddest things in life is wasted talent."

Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple

"When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving,

the power of God brings to pass His purposes."

Sapporo Japan Temple

"The good you have done, the kind words you have spoken,

the love you have shown to others, can never be fully measured."

Provo City Center Temple

"There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today,

we must do that which is of greatest importance.

Let us not procrastinate those things which matter most."

Paris France Temple

"Find joy in the journey."

Phoenix Arizona Temple

"As I contemplate all that you face in the world today, one word comes to my mind. It describes an attribute needed by all of us but one which you at this time of your life and in this world–will need particularly. That attribute is courage."

Córdoba Argentina Temple

"To you who are parents, I say, show love to your children. You know you love them, but make certain they know it as well. They are so precious. Let them know. Call upon our Heavenly Father for help as you care for their needs each day and as you deal with the challenges which inevitably come with parenthood. You need more than your own wisdom in rearing them."

Rome Italy Temple

"Everyone can be discontented if he ignores his blessings and looks only at his burdens."

Brigham City Utah Temple

"Rather than dwelling on the past, we should make the most of today, of the here and now, doing all we can to provide pleasant memories for the future…If you are still in the process of raising children be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled, will disappear all too soon,

and that you will, to your surprise, miss them, profoundly."