Treasures Along the Way

“”In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer” 
Albert Camus

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.”   Booker T. Washington

“The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives”.     Russell M. Nelson

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” Lou Holtz

“Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He can deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their souls, and pour out peace”. Ezra Taft Benson

“God has given us two hands, one to receive with, the other to give with”.  Billy Graham

“What we think, we become.”  Buddha

“If our hearts are closed, if our hearts are made of stone, the stones find their way into our hands and we are ready to throw them.”    Pope Francis

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself”. Leo Tolstoy

“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor Frankl

“The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.” Russell M. Nelson

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

“I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.” Goldie Hawn

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”.   Jesus Christ

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”   Christopher Reeve

“There is in every true woman’s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.” Washington Irving

“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” Mother Teresa

“If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.” James E. Faust

“The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes.” Harold B. Lee

“Unless we lose ourselves in the service of others, there is little purpose to our own lives.” Thomas S. Monson

“Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.”  Abraham Lincoln

“Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31