The future is here

"The future is here, just not evenly distributed."

Obedience and Trials

"In spite of our obedience, trials and tribulations will come our way. Disasters and tribulation are not always for the punishment of the wicked, but often for the sanctification of the righteous. We admire the early members of the church for their faithfulness through their numerous trials. It is interesting to contemplate whether they succeeded in facing their obstacles because of their spirituality or whether they were spiritual because of the obstacles they faced."

- Glenn L. Pace, General Conference, 1992 -

Uselessness

"The sense of uselessness is the severest shock which our system can sustain."

Procrastination and Action

"Procrastination is the fear of finding out what will happen if you act."

Happiness and Purpose

"Existance is a strange bargain. Life owes us little, we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose."

- John Mason Brown -

Ambition

Captain Cooke quote:

"I... had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go."

Theory

From a learning theory book

"What one theory conceals, another illuminates."

Promptings

"Never talk the Lord out of a prompting."

- M. Russell Ballard -

No arms

"I saw a statue of Christ without any arms. I thought what a shame until I read the inscription below - the only hands I need are yours."

Satan

"If Satan reminds you of your past, remind him of his future."

White Lies

"The only problem with telling little white lies is that you become progressively color blind."

Desire to follow

"...when Jesus Christ becomes a reality in your life, it isn't that He somehow makes you do things that you wouldn't do otherwise. Rather, you find yourself wanting to do what He would do and respond as He would respond in an effort to bring your life into harmony with His. And an interesting thing happens whenever you attempt to place your feet in Christ's footsteps. If you really concentrate on trying to walk the way He walked -- loving, caring, serving, and obeying each step of the way ---one day you'll look up and discover that His path has led you directly to the throne of God. For that is and ever has been His great purpose and mission; to lead us to our Heavenly Father so we can dwell with Him in His heavenly home."

- M. Russell Ballard -

Storms Rage

"Not to just endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage."

- Elder Eyring -

Direction

"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes -

The Touch of the Master's Hand

"Those who have felt the touch of the Master's hand somehow cannot explain the change which comes into their lives. There is a desire to live better, to serve faithfully, to walk humbly, and to be more like the Savior. Having received their spiritual eyesight and glimpsed the promises of eternity, they echo the words of the blind man to whom Jesus restored sight: One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see."

Cluttter, Discord and Opportunity

Supposedly from Albert Einsten

"Out of clutter, find simplicity.

From discord, find harmony.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

Sacrifice

"Real, personal sacrifice never was placing an animal on the alter. Instead, it is a willingness to put the animal in us upon the alter and letting it be consumed."

- Neal A. Maxwell -

Joke - Sow and Silk

Ok, I'm going through old work notes and found this random quote from a co-worker. Not sure if he made it up or not.

"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but you can make a really cool sow's ear purse."

Random, I know.

Knowledge shared is

Quote from a co-worker

"Knowledge shared is knowledge squared."

Not 3+3, but 3 squared.

Big and Small

Poster at work

"It's not the big that eat the small, it's the fast that eat the slow."

Declaration of Financial Empowerment

Found in some old notes:

I pledge the following:

1. Use home ownership to build wealth
2. Save and invest 10-15% of my after tax income
3. Commit to a program of retirement planning and investment
4. Engage in sound budget, credit, and tax management practices.
5. Measure my personal wealth by net worth, not income.
6. Be proactive and knowledgeable about investing, money management, and consumer issues.
7. Provide access to programs that will educate my children about business and finance.
8. Support the creation and growth of profitable, competitive small business enterprises.
9. To use a portion of my wealth to strengthen my community.
10. To ensure my wealth is passed on to future generations.

Character by Horace Mann

"Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us."

- Horace Mann -

Friends and Enemies

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

- Ali ibn-Abi-Talib -

Rose bushes and thorns

" I can complain because rose bushes have thorn or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."

Prayer of Saint Francis

Ironically, I first heard this poem/song on a CD my parents gave me created by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Here's the wiki about it, but I copy/pasted the text below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Saint_Francis

So very beautiful...

The English version of the prayer reads as follows:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Amen.

Greatness

"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves."


- Gandhi -

Deep within a man

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.


Orison Swett Marden
Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/o/orisonswet157909.html#ixzz1KJ2uFbnZ

Diamonds

No pressure. No diamonds.


Great little quote.

Writing - taking action

Thought I cannot find the quote online, a friend stopped by my cube one day to talk about writing.

 

He said that Martin Mull was said to have said this:

 

"The best way to finish a writing job is to put your butt down in a chair and write something."

 

 

So obviously true!

Permanent

"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it."--Somerset Maugham

Miraculous

"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."


-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Good Samaritan - India Style

Culture and Strategy

"Culture eats strategy for breakfast."

- on the Ford Motor's wall -

Fulfilling Potential

Possibly the greatest waste in life is the gap between what you are and what you could become. ~Zig Ziglar

Life and Plans

Someone quoted this on Facebook:

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we had planned in order to live the life that is waiting for us."

- Joseph Campbell -

Circumstances and Possibilities

Be the person who turns difficult circumstances into better possibilities or that sees the possibilities in difficult circumstances.

Life and Faith

Not sure where I heard this, but I wrote it down on a virtual post-it note:

"We need to celebrate life - not what we don't have, but what we do have...Faith is not fear, in-adequacy or being negative. If we have faith and we express it, it is a living vital force. Our lives become our expression of what we believe."

Order and Chaos

"Order keeps reason content; Chaos is imagination's delight."

Caution, Love and Happiness

Interesting thought:

"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to happiness."

- Bertrand Russell -

Causes and Opposition

"The greater the cause, the more violent the opposition."

Indispensable to Happiness

"To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness."

- George Bernard Shaw -

Lines - looking long and lean in your clothing

Some great little thoughts on creating a long and lean look with your clothing.

Making a difference

"One person can make a difference, everyone should try"

Evil to flourish quote

"For evil to flourish, all that is needed is for good people to do nothing."


-Edmund Burke

New Year! and some quotes

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~Benjamin Franklin


Thought I'd link to a few New Year quote since we all feel January 1st entitles us to a new start.
 
Great list of more at the Quote Garden blog at http://www.quotegarden.com/new-year.html