* in respect of this nation’s freedoms
“Every step we take toward making the state the caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our master.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Every generation a new crop of fools comes on. They think they can beat the orderly universe. They...‘Careful versus Casual’
Sister Becky Craven, Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency said in April 2019 general conference: . . . “I once saw a sign in a store window that said, “Happiness, $15.00.” I was so curious to know how much happiness I could buy for $15 that I...* Making and Begetting
Under a chapter heading ‘Making and Begetting,’ C.S. Lewis wrote in his book ‘Mere Christianity’: “Everyone has warned me not to tell you what I am going to tell you in this last book. They all say “the ordinary reader does not want...That We May Always Have His Spirit to Be with Us
In April 2006, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in general conference: “The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: “You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins and getting of the Holy Ghost....‘Hearing His Voice’
In the Saturday afternoon session of April 2019 general conference, Elder David P. Homer of the Seventy shared: “Many years ago, I traveled on a small plane with a newly certified pilot at the controls. At the end of our flight, we were cleared to land. But as...* Great things done by those of faith
From Mother Theresa’s book, ‘A Simple Path’: “Shishu Bhavan, our children’s home in Calcutta, is made up of a number of tall buildings behind a wall on a busy main road. At the entrance are the day clinics, where the poor can bring their...heeding divine commandments
Elder Russell M. Nelson, as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said, “Eve and her husband heeded divine commandments of obedience and sacrifice. They received “commandments that they should worship the Lord their God, and should offer. . . an...“Feed My Sheep”
Elder Marvin J. Ashton, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased) said in October Conference 1981: “Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.” (John 21:16.) You can’t feed them if you don’t know where they are. You can’t feed them if you give them reason to resist you....* common sense
Louis Zamperini, from his book “Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In,” wrote a chapter on ‘Free Advice’: When I get on an airplane, before I sit down, I look around for the exit doors. When the flight attendant does the safety...
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