Month: December 2019

“Awesome might look different every day for every person, but we keep going as awesomely as possible.” Heather Harris Bergevin

“The future, though imminent, is obscure.”   Winston Churchill

“The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can’t supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.”  C. S. Lewis

Personal example is more eloquent than exhortation. There is a real difference between false freedom and true freedom. It is the difference between doing what we wish(want) to do and doing what we ought(should) to do. License to do wrong does not justify wrongdoing.

We must have inner strength to protect personal freedom and preserve us from the yoke of bondage. (surrender to pornography or to chemical compounds)

To develop self-discipline, we must confine our individual actions within the delimiting bounds prescribed by the law of the land, moral law, and divine law. When one’s individual actions are sternly disciplined to conform within those limits, then the full exercise of one’s freedom can be enjoyed.  (“Liberty, License, and Law,” America’s Freedom Festival, Provo, Utah, July 1,1990) Russell M.Nelson

“By increments so exquisitely gradual that they might have passed unnoticed, I could have ended up being totally untrue to myself and living a life I hated.” Founder of Liberty Media Peter Barton

I will often repeat what I have said before, recognizing that once in a while someone listens to me.    — M. Russell Ballard  

“There is no going back, but only forward. Rather than dwelling on the past, we should make the most of today, of the here and now, doing all we can.” Thomas S. Monson

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“We can rationalize all we want, but the fact is, there is not a right way to do the wrong thing.” Becky Craven

“All truth is encompassed in one great whole.” –Stephen R. Covey

1. Irrefutable truth exists.

2. Truth is knowledge of things as they are, & as they were, & as they are to come. D&C 93:24

3. To be taught truth is not enough. We must act on it to be certain of its truth. –Robert L.Simpson

4. The truth is mighty, and it will prevail. –Joseph Fielding Smith

5. Truth is an essential element in character building.

6. To learn the truth is to know your duty.

7. Truth is not something to be conditioned by the situation of the moment. –John H.Vandenberg

8. Time is on the side of truth, and truth is eternal. –Ezra Taft Benson

9. To know and love the truth is to be free. –Alvin R. Dyer

10. Truth is most likely understood by those who appreciate its value.

11. Truth is truth, whether labeled science or religion. There can be no conflict.

12. Honor, like truth, is not a composite thing. It never changes. –Alma Sonne

13. The Channel of Truth is Open. –Thomas S. Monson

14. Truth never grows old. –David O. McKay

15. Truth is challenging and calls for action. . . . –Hugh B. Brown

16. Today the “truth is distorted by those who have not the slightest regard for truth.” David O. McKay

17. Truth is often found in the most unexpected places. –Hugh B. Brown

18. Truth is always consistent. It is never in conflict. –Ezra Taft Benson

19. Not all truth is of the same value or importance. Some truths are greater than others. Joseph Fielding Smith

20. Truth is not tolerant of error. Standards of truth are exacting. –Stephen L. Richards

21. The truth is not a matter of convenience. –Richard L. Evans

22. Truth is the sun of morality; we can walk by its light, & live in its warmth. –Heber J. Grant

23. The triumph of Truth is inevitable. –Orson F. Whitney

24. Truth is always simple; the test of truth is simplicity. –John A. Widtsoe

25. Truth is imperishable; it is of God, and like God, it is eternal and shall live forever. Charles A. Callis

26. Truth is rising and before its rays the shadows flee. –Hyrum M. Smith

27. Truth is power and that power is intelligence. –Levi Edgar Young

28. Truth is frequently shocking just because of its simplicity & consequent grandeur. James E. Talmage

29. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6