"Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage."
- Neal A. Maxwell
"Be careful, fathers, when you inordinately desire things to be better for your children than they were for you. Do not, however unintentionally, make things worse by removing the requirement for reaso..."
"Sir Thomas More was a victim of injustice and irony. Generously and meekly, just as he was about to be martyred, he said: Paul . . . was present, and consented to the death of St. Stephen, and kept th..."
"What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become."
"We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count."
"There is also a dimension of patience which links it to a special reverence for life. Patience is a willingness, in a sense, to watch the unfolding purposes of God with a sense of wonder and awe, rath..."
"A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity."
"Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special sp..."
"Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting ..."
"If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen."