A Note:

Here is a note I have written in my scriptures on one of the intro pages:

"If we are not found faithful in our calling, we will bear some of the responsibility for the sins of those we might have helped to learn the truth." 


Wow! 
We better DO IT!
NOW!

Never let a moment go by without first giving every effort to do some good.


Another note written in my scriptures:
The word Mormon means "more good"!

food for thought

A real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows strong by reflection.

- Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

 

 

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than with bad company.

- George Washington (1732-99)

 

 

You have absolute control over but one thing, and that is your thoughts.  This is the most significant and inspiring of all facts known to man. 

- Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)

 

 

and remember this for my next talk ;)

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and have the two as close together as possible.

- George Burns (1896-1996)

 

 

 

End Results

 

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy.  Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

 

- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

 

 

 

... we will prevail ... and ... due reward of our deeds ...

It is not the conditions people are in that produce happiness, but how they respond to those conditions.

Even though we may be required to experience great hardship, we will prevail over any difficulty by exercising faith and trust in the Lord.

From the Book of Mormon Student Manual Religion 121and 122. Chapter 5 Introduction

and ...


President Spencer W. Kimball made it clear that people cannot escape the consequences of unworthy acts: “Every soul must stand trial and pay the uttermost farthing in one way or another. Escape from the consequences of acts of free agency is an impossibility. No one, however clever, bypasses the ‘due reward of our deeds.’ There are dark, deep corners, locked rooms, isolated spots, but no act, good or bad; no thought, ugly or beautiful, ever escapes being seen or heard. Every one will make the imprint on the individual and be recorded, to be met and paid for. Hence, one only deceives himself to think he is ‘getting by’ with anything improper” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 155).

Found in the same manual as above, Chapter 5;  1 Nephi 15:32–35, “Judged of Their Works”