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“This is a glorious time of the year, simple in origin, deep in meaning, beautiful in tradition and custom, rich in memories, and charitable in spirit. It has an attraction to which our hearts are readily drawn. This joyful season brings to each of us a measure of happiness that corresponds to the degree in which we have turned our mind, feelings, and actions to the spirit of Christmas.”

Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, Dec 1998, 2

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“Some experiences that we first thought to be burdens or trouble have long since been reclassified as blessings.”

Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, May 2003, 82

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“Count what you do have — not what you don’t have.”

Marvin J. Ashton, Ensign, Feb 1993, 64

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"Bernadine Healy, in a commencement address, gave this counsel: 'As a physician, who has been deeply privileged to share the most profound moments of people's lives including their final moments, let me tell you a secret. People facing death don't think about what degrees they have earned, what positions they have held, or how much wealth they have accumulated. At the end, what really matters is who you loved and who loved you. That circle of love is everything, and is a great measure of a past life. It is the gift of greatest worth."

Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, Nov 2000, 64-66

Posted by Mr. Gee in Words Of Wisdom

“I was sitting behind two teenage girls on a bus. One of them was upset because her parents couldn’t afford to buy a dress she had wanted. She didn’t really like her second choice. ‘Then Mom was upset because I didn’t say thank you,’ she complained. ‘I don’t know what she expected me to say thank you for!’ Ungrateful child, I thought. Not long after that, I began pondering the promise of ‘a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it’ (3 Ne. 24:10). Although I had been paying my tithing and fulfilling my other obligations, I did not feel overwhelmed with blessings. In fact, I felt that I had little to be grateful for. Suddenly, my experience on the bus flashed through my mind. I, too, had been an ungrateful child. First as a trickle and then increasing to a torrent, there came to me a powerful awareness of the blessings I had received. From tiny everyday blessings to the great blessing of the Atonement, the gifts God had given me were both abundant and wondrous. The windows of heaven had been open all the time. I just hadn’t noticed.”

Carolyn Wright, Tambuli, Nov 1994, 11

Posted by Mr. Gee in Words Of Wisdom

"We cannot call back time that is past, we cannot stop time that now is, and we cannot experience the future in our present state. Time is a gift, a treasure not to be put aside for the future but to be used wisely in the present."

Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, Nov 2000, 64-66

Posted by Mr. Gee in Words Of Wisdom

"My testimony coincides with the testimony of the beloved Apostle John: 'If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them' (John 13:17). May we search for the doctrines and commandments of the great plan of happiness; and when we learn them, may we embrace them willingly. By doing so we will find lasting joy, happiness, and peace."

M. Russell Ballard, Ensign, May 1995, 22

Posted by Mr. Gee in Words Of Wisdom

"Life's most challenging questions seem to be those that begin with the word why. 'Why is life so hard?' 'Why is there so much sorrow, hate, and unhappiness in the world?' 'Why does death take the young?' And 'why must the innocent suffer?' We all have wrestled with such questions from time to time as we struggle with the vicissitudes of mortality... I believe the only satisfying answers to such questions come from the comforting perspective of faith in our Heavenly Father and his eternal plan for our happiness.

"M. Russell Ballard, Ensign, May 1995, 22

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"...The greatest miracle is not in such things as restoring sight to the blind, healing an illness, or even raising the dead, since all of these restorations will happen, in any event, in the Resurrection. ..A change of heart, including new attitudes, priorities, and desires, is greater and more important than any miracle involving the body. I repeat, the body will be resurrected in any event, but a change affecting what the scripture calls the 'heart' of a spirit son or daughter of God is a change whose effect is eternal. If of the right kind, this change opens the door to the process of repentance that cleanses us to dwell in the presence of God. It introduces the perspective and priorities that lead us to make the choices that qualify us for eternal life, 'the greatest of all the gifts of God' (D&C 14:7)."

Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, Jun 2001, 6

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"Many in today's generation have not fully known nor appreciated the refining blessings of adversity. Many have never been hungry because of want. Yet I am persuaded that there can be a necessary refining process in adversity that increases our understanding, enhances our sensitivity, makes us more Christlike."

James E. Faust, Ensign, Feb 1998, 2

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"Some people reject the possibility of miracles because they have not experienced them or cannot understand them. In contrast, President Howard W. Hunter declared, 'To deny the reality of miracles on the ground that the results and manifestations must be fictitious simply because we cannot comprehend the means by which they have happened is arrogant on the face of it."

Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, Jun 2001, 6

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"When we think we see failings, weaknesses or faults, whether they be real or imaginary, in our brethren and sisters, instead of blurting it abroad and pouring it into the ears of friends and neighbors, wherever we meet them, if we will use sufficient charity, and friendship, . we will go to our friends who suffer our displeasure, or our belief of their defects, and tell them how we feel and what we think, and do it in the spirit of helping them to overcome their weaknesses, and we will thus do ourselves, as well as them, much good. We will not go to them in the spirit of condemnation and complaint, and hurt their feelings and fill their hearts with enmity."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, 192

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"As we consider the importance of nourishing our intellects with the promising potential of uperhighway resources, we must be ever cautious about the choices of programs and the impact of media in our lives. Those who understand our Heavenly Father's eternal plan for the joy and happiness of his children will be better prepared to make good choices as the Information Superhighway rolls across the world. The computer, television, satellite, microchip, and even the telephone, all can bless and enhance our lives-or can make them miserable."

M. Russell Ballard, Ensign, May 1995, 22

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"The true end of life is not mere existence, not pleasure, not fame, not wealth. The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, 205

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"Bitterness injures the one who carries it."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, (2006), 89-101

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"Your talents will expand as you study and learn. You will be able to better assist your families in their learning, and you will have peace of mind in knowing that you have prepared yourself for the eventualities that you may encounter in life."

Thomas S. Monson, Liahona, Nov 2007, 118-21

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"Charity, or love, is the greatest principle in existence. If we can lend a helping hand to the oppressed, if we can aid those who are despondent and in sorrow, if we can uplift and ameliorate the condition of mankind, it is our mission to do it, it is an essential part of our religion to do it."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, 192

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"Seeking implies so much more than merely looking. Seek means energy, direction, passion, purpose. To seek requires all our 'heart, might, mind and strength' (D&C 4:2 )...How do we seek with our minds? With our intellect we can ponder, we can analyze our circumstances, we can sort and sift information, weigh our options; we can store ideas, we can draw conclusions from our experiences, find answers to our problems; we can treasure thoughts and receive revelation. Isn't that what the Lord meant when he said, 'You must study it out in your mind' and then ask me if these things are not true? (D&C 9:8)"

Elaine L. Jack, Ensign, Nov 1994, 89

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"I would advise that we learn to love each other, and then friendship will be true and sweet. It has been said by one, that 'we may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving."

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, 192

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"[One] way of preparing the heart of someone is to create an atmosphere where judging is held in reserve until anger has subsided, until the hurt has dissipated, until all sides of an issue have been explored. Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem."
H. Burke Peterson, Ensign, May 1990,83