"Act now,
so that a
thousand years from now,
when you look back at this moment,
you can say this
was a moment that mattered--
this was a day of determination."
- Neal A.
Maxwell
"Some day, in the years to come, you will be in
that day of your supreme sorrow or temptation,
wrestling with the great temptation, you shall miserably
fail or gloriously
conquer.
or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. Character
cannot be made except
But the real
struggle is here, now... by
a steady, long continued process."
Now it is
being decided whether,
-Phillip Brooks, American Episcopal
Bishop of Trinity Church in Boston, MA
Lyricist
of “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
“Opportunity
is missed by most people
because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” - Thomas Edison
“It all matters… That someone turns out the lamp,
picks up the wind-blown
wrapper,
says hello to the invalid, pays at the unattended lot,
listens to the
repeated tale,
folds the abandoned laundry,
plays the game fairly,
tells the
story honestly…
goes first, goes last, chooses the small portion,
teaches the
child, tends to the dying,
comforts the grieving,
removes the splinter,
wipes
the tear, directs the lost,
touches the lonely,
is the whole thing.
What is most
beautiful is least acknowledged.
What is
worth dying for is barely noticed.”
-
Laura McBride from We Are Called to Rise
Love these quotes!! I need to remember these.
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