Quote of the Month Archive

August 2014:
"A single book can be a mirror for some readers and a window for others."
~ Rudine Sims Bishop

April 2013:

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
~ Anne Frank

March 2013:

"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."
~ James Barrie

January 2013:

"Whatever you are, be a good one."
~ Abraham Lincoln


November 2011:
"When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly."
~ Edward Teller


September 2011:
"Celebrate endings - for they precede new beginnings."
~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

August 2011:
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends.  To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.  This is to have succeeded."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

June 2011: 
"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
~ Mother Teresa 

April 2011:
"The only thing standing between me and greatness is me."
~ Woody Allen
 


March 2011: 
"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof."
~ Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams)
 


February 2011: 
"I urge you to not spend your time in self-pity.  Rather, keep yourselves alive and vivacious in those activities which will bring satisfaction into your lives while associating yourself with others who are vigorously pursuing lofty objectives.  Remember always that you are not alone.  There are thousands like you.  And you are not helpless, a victim of fate.  You can in large measure master your fate and strengthen your self-worth in reaching out to those who need and will appreciate your talents, your contributions, your help."
~ Gordon B. Hinckley 

January 2011: 
"Don’t react against a bad situation; Merge with that situation instead. And the solution will arise from the challenge. Because surrendering yourself doesn’t mean giving up, it means acting with responsibility."
~ Eckhart Tolle
 


December 2010: 
"Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God."
~ George F. McDougall


 "The Savior gave freely to all. And His gifts were of value beyond measure. Throughout His ministry, He blessed the sick, restored sight to the blind, made the deaf to hear, and the halt and the lame to walk. He gave cleanliness to the unclean. He restored breath to the lifeless. He gave hope to the despairing, and He sowed light in the darkness. He gave us His love, His service, and His life. What is the spirit we feel at Christmastime? It is His spirit - the spirit of Christ."
~ Thomas S. Monson 


November 2010:
"Even though you are drowning in valleys of echoes, I believe there is peace in those hills up ahead." 
~ Katie Herzig

Previous Quotes:

"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over." 
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done." 
~ Mother Teresa

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." 
~ Marianne Williamson

"People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within." 
~ Elizabeth Ross


"As I have often told my sisters in the Female Relief Societies, we have sisters here who, if they had the privilege of studying, would make just as good mathematicians or accountants as any man; and we think they ought to have the privilege to study these branches of knowledge that they may develop the powers with which they are endowed. We believe that women are useful, not only to sweep houses, wash dishes, make beds, and raise babies, but that they should stand behind the counter, study law or physics, or become good bookkeepers and be able to do the business in any counting house, and all this to enlarge their sphere of usefulness for the benefit of society at large. In following these things they but answer the design of their creation." 
~ Brigham Young

"It has been said that the gate of history turns on small hinges and so do people's lives. The choices we make determine our destiny."
 ~ Thomas S. Monson