Small Things...Create an Eternal Family

"In that most important of places, our homes, we learn best how it is that “out of small things proceedeth that which is great,” for life at home is a series of small things that combine to create an eternal family.

Virginia U. Jensen,
“Ripples,” Ensign, Nov 2000, 92–94

When you have done [your] best...

“When you have done the best you can, be satisfied and don’t look back. Rather than berate yourself for what you didn’t do, congratulate yourself for what you did.”

-- M. Russell Ballard, November 1991 Ensign

Security vs liberty...

“Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.”

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."

Benjamin Franklin

Pursuit of happiness...

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”

Benjamin Franklin

Battle every day..[for] the Celestial Kingdom

Found on Becky Whitaker's blog:
"These words of President motivate and remind us that we can never give up the fight to endure:

"‘The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle every day [for this sacred goal].’

"[Brigham Young, as quoted by] Joseph B. Wirthlin, “Press On,” Ensign, Nov 2004, 101."

God...placed us here to succeed...

"When, in situations of stress, we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacities perfectly, placed us here to succeed. No one was foreordained to fail or to be wicked. When we have been weighed and found wanting, let us remember that we were measured before and were found equal to our tasks; and therefore, let us continue but with a more determined discipleship. When we feel overwhelmed, let us recall the assurance that God will not overprogram us; he will not press upon us more than we can bear, D&C 50:40."

Neal A Maxwell, “Meeting the Challenges of Today,” in Devotional Speeches of the Year, Provo: Brigham Young University, 1978, p. 156 as quoted in the Ensign, Feb 1990, 30.

Home for Christ to Linger...

“A true Mormon home is one in which if Christ should chance to enter, he would be pleased to linger and to rest.”

David O. McKay
Gospel Ideals (1953), 169.
Quoted in Nov 2004 Ensign.