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8/11/06
"We may not know how to account for our moods at times, but the fact that these
moods pass through us ought not to destabilize us so far as the deep doctrines
of the Church are concerned. If down moods cannot be driven out at once, we can
at least accelerate their transit times.
"It is so easy for one person's bad day to become another person's bad day. A
spreading electrical power outage ends up affecting everybody, because early on,
the discipline required was abandoned in favor of passing the problem along.
Emotional electricity is much like the real thing.
"In any objective assessment of life, we can always be reassured as to the
things that matter most: Immortality is ours through the gift and grace of Jesus
Christ; there is a loving, caring Father in heaven; and we will live eternally
under His perfect rule. We have such high promises and absolutely no reason for
ultimate discouragement. Therefore, proximate pessimism ought not to envelop us.
We ought not to be blitzed by our moods." - Neal A. Maxwell, Wherefore, Ye Must
Press Forward, p.63
5/12/09
“Do not falter;
continue to do your duty, whatever it may be, whether pleasing or displeasing;
be the servants and handmaidens of God to the very utmost. In the past His
blessings have been upon us just so far as we have served Him in faithfulness;
they will be so in the future. There is no occasion for any man who has the
manifestation of the Lord in this line to be discouraged. When our surroundings
are not so agreeable as might be wished, think how much worse they might be. Be
contented with our conditions. Improve them when opportunity arises, but do not
worry about them.” – “The Teachings of Lorenzo Snow,”
edited by Clyde J. Williams, p.45
4/2/10
“Undoubtedly, somewhere on the scroll that the new year brings, there will be
marks of disappointment, discouragement, difficulty, and perhaps sorrow; but we
shall try to meet these with unfaltering determination, relying upon God to
strengthen us in weakness and to give us fortitude in trial. Thus overcoming
what we can, and bearing bravely what we must, we shall experience the joy of
mastery akin to that which Jesus felt when he said: ‘. . . Be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world.’ (John 16:33.)” - David O.
McKay, “Man May Know for Himself: Teachings of President David O. McKay,”
compiled by Clare Middlemiss, p. 463