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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worth cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.
Author: Elder David A. Bednar , Source: http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-851-31,00.h...Saved by bluesfreak in faith work persistence commitment effort honesty 7 months ago[save this] [permalink]Self-mastery is a challenge for every individual. Only we can control our appetites and passions. Self-mastery cannot be bought by money or fame. It is the ultimate test of our character. It requires climbing out of the deep valleys of our lives and scaling our own Mount Everests.
Author: President James E. Faust, Source: http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db0...Saved by bluesfreak in character individual passion effort balance 8 months ago[save this] [permalink]And if the traveler is fortunate - that is, if the path is complex and profound enough - the destination is two miles farther away for every mile he or she travels.
Author: George Leonard, Source: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term FulfillmentSaved by bluesfreak in work goals effort journey 9 months ago[save this] [permalink]
To reach a goal never before attained one must do things never before done.
Author: Richard G. Scott, Source: http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=11954Saved by bluesfreak in action goals effort 9 months ago[save this] [permalink]The grass is greener where you water it.
Author: Robyn Nelson, Source: In the kitchen. 7 Feb 08Saved by bluesfreak in effort cultivate encourage grass green mindset 11 months ago[save this] [permalink]Sloppy and inconclusive thinking becomes a habit. The more one does it the more one is unfitted to think a problem through to a proper conclusion.
Author: Lord Thomson quoted by M. Russell Ballard , Source: "Thinking Straight,” New Era, Mar 1985, 44" http://www.lds.org...Saved by bluesfreak in effort habits thinking problemsolving 11 months ago[save this] [permalink]No one would wish a bad marriage on anyone. But where do we think "good marriages" come from? They don't spring full-blown from the head of Zeus any more than does a good education, or good home teaching, or a good symphony. Why should a marriage require fewer tears and less toil and shabbier commitment than your job or your clothes or your car?
Yet some of you will spend less time on the quality and substance and purpose of your marriage--the highest, holiest, culminating covenant you make in this world--than you will in maintaining your '72 Datsun. And you will break the hearts of many innocent people, including perhaps your own, if that marriage is then dissolved.
"You must [not give] half-hearted compliance [to a marriage]," said President Kimball. "[It requires] all [our] consecration" (Spencer W. Kimball, "An Apostle Speaks about Marriage to John and Mary," Improvement Era, February 1949, p. 74). So every worthy task will require all that we can give to it. The Lord requires the heart and a willing mind if we are to eat the good of the land of Zion in the last days.
Author: Jeffrey R. Holland, Source: However Long & Hard The Road (Devotional) http://speeches.byu....Saved by bluesfreak in commitment effort marriage quality 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]God pity them both! and pity us all,
Who vainly the dreams of youth recall.
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, Source: Maud MullerSaved by bluesfreak in opportunity try effort 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]