God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

We know him if we keep his commandments.

We ought also to walk, even as he walked.

Darkness is past and the true light now shineth.

He that hateth his brother is in darkness.

He that loveth his brother abideth in light.

Darkness blinds your eyes and can cause you to stumble.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.

He that doeth the will of God abideth forever.

No lie is of the truth.

Every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

The world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

We are the sons of God.

When he shall appear, we shall be like him.

Sin is the transgression of the law.     Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

In Him is no sin.

He that doeth righteousness is righteous.

He that continueth in sin is of the devil, for the devil sinneth from the beginning.

The Son of God will destroy the works of the devil.

The message from the beginning:  We should love one another.

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments.

Do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

We should believe on his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another.

He that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him.

He hath given us the Spirit.

Believe not every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are of God.

Many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Let us love one another, for love is of God.

He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love.

God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear.

We love him, because he first loved us.

This commandment we have from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

His commandments are not burdensome or oppressive.

Our faith brings the victory that overcomes the world.

We have confidence in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us.

Developing Positive Leadership Qualities

• Look for the Positive
• Never be a Transparent Leader  (do not pass along orders saying you do not agree with them)
• Seek Ideas from Group Participation
• Be a Cheerleader for your People
• Be a Facilitator to help your People get the Job Done
• Keep a Record of Suggestions from Others
• Strive to Redefine Weakness as Opportunities for Improvement
• Concentrate on Showing Genuine Concern and Interest for Others
• Maintain a Well-developed set of Individual Standards
• See the Best in others and know of their Accomplishments (mete out criticism very sparingly and with great consideration)
• Delegate to Others even when you are Sure you can do it Better
• Be the kind of Leader you would Enjoy Working Under
• Set an Example by doing all that your Job Requires
• Be able to Laugh at yourself – Use Humor

Deseret News July 18, 1998

Be a Dealer in Hope                          John C. Maxwell

Hope gives us the strength and the courage we need to make the most of life.

What does hope do for mankind?

• Hope shines brightest when the hour is darkest.
• Hope motivates when discouragement comes.
• Hope energizes when the body is tired.
• Hope sweetens when the bitterness bites.
• Hope sings when all the melodies are gone.
• Hope believes when the evidence is eliminated.
• Hope listens for answers when no one is talking.
• Hope climbs over obstacles when no one is helping.
• Hope endures hardship when no one is caring.
• Hope smiles confidently when no one is laughing.
• Hope reaches for answers when no one is asking.
• Hope presses toward victory when no one is encouraging.
• Hope dares to give when no one is sharing.

“Optimism is the belief that things will get better. Hope is the faith that, together, we can make things better. Optimism is a passive virtue; hope, an active one. It takes no courage to be an optimist; but is takes a great deal of courage to have hope.”    Jonathon Sacks, The Dignity of Difference

Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.   2N 31:20

And now as I said concerning faith–faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.   Alma 32:21

Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God.     Ether 12:4

Wherefore, ye may also have hope, and be partakers of the gift, if ye will but have faith.     Ether 12:9

The Prophets and Apostles are messengers of hope.

1. Performance measured is performance improved.

2.    He “will save the children”   1Nephi 21:25

3.    Excuses don’t burn calories

4.   Life is short & it can be hard.     -ER Nurse (14 years)

5.   Self-absorption is the plague of our time.

6.   I can trust the Savior. (Jesus Christ)

7.   Trick yourself into doing smart things.

8.   In Valor there is Hope

9.   Life is unfigureoutable.      Jensen Parrish

10. Reach out to rescue.   Thomas S. Monson

11. Decisions determine destiny.   Thomas S. Monson

12. “Don’t start what you shouldn’t do.”

13. If you shouldn’t, just don’t do it.    Richard L. Evans

14. DEDICATION is more Important than ability

15. There is always room at the top.   -Daniel Webster

16. We are all vulnerable.    Robert D. Hales

17. Cast not away your confidence. . . .      Hebrews 10:35

18. “Let’s get it done together”

19. “More must be done”

20. Choose to believe – Never give up       L. Whitney Clayton

21. Come What May & Love It

22. Stop! Look! Listen!

23. Don’t find fault, find a remedy.    Henry Ford

24. We can be kind in our speech.   Henry B. Eyring

25. This is our time; these are our days.

26. God is exceedingly merciful.     Jarom 1:3

27. Both happiness & sorrow are often delayed.

28. Don’t sleep through the restoration.    Dieter Uchtdorf

29. The Lord is good to all.   Psalm 145

30. Satan hates Scriptures

31. Where much is given, much is required.     D&C 82:3

32. Experience teaches only the teachable.    Aldous Huxley

33. I delight extremely in plain simplicity.   Brigham Young

34. Every day is a second chance.

35. The holy scriptures . . . . are our spirtual lifeline.   Elder Robert D. Hales

36. Keystone habits . . . . cause widespread shifts.

37. Occasionally being a “chicken” is a blessing.      Chuck Lucas

38. 365 Opportunities = 1 Year

39. Flood your mind with optimism!

40. Be very industrious & very friendly.    Alma 23:18

41. Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.    Harvey McKay

42. Goals are dreams with deadlines.

43. The Channel of Truth is Open       Thomas S. Monson

44. Truth never grows old.    David O. McKay

45. Truth is challenging and calls for action. . . .     Hugh B. Brown

46. “Truth is stranger than fiction.”

47. “Truth is mighty & will prevail.”      George F. Richards

48. The triumph of Truth is inevitable.     Orson F. Whitney

49. Freedom is a sweet blessing.      Joseph Smith

50. Freedom is a fruit of obedience.      Harold B. Lee

51. “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”        Thomas Jefferson

52. He cannot if we will not.       Truman G. Madsen

53. Personal freedom is bound by limits.   Joan B. MacDonald

54. “Official truth is not actual truth.”    Lord Acton

55. Freedom is a double-edged sword.

56. If you stumble, rise up, go on.          Boyd K. Packer

57. A good excuse doesn’t fix a problem.  

58. Mindset is Everything

59. The Atonement alters reality.

60. Satan will accept our surrender    3Nephi 3:6

61. Leadership lies in placing others first.     Simon Sinek

62. What have I done for someone today?

63. Book of Mormon exercise program: FAITH               Alma 33:1

64. If you do something, expect consequences.    Larry King

65. Trust is the glue of life.    Stephen R. Covey

66. If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.     Milton Berle

67. Sunday is worship day. It is holy.       David O. McKay

68. The truth will always be opposed.      Lawrence E. Corbridge

69. Never postpone a prompting.     Thomas S. Monson

70. Good “leadership is an escape from mediocrity.”         Hugh Nibley

71. Leadership is service. Leaders are servants.     Chieko N. Okazaki

72. “Growing old is not for sissies”

73. Face upward. . . . Look to God & Live.   Alma 37:47    Russell M. Nelson

74. Praying centers our attitudes precisely.     Russell M. Nelson

75. Truly, life is beautiful.   Richard G. Scott

76. Change for the better can come to all.    Thomas S. Monson

77. Belief = Miracles

We can and we will win . . . .    

“The world can at times be a frightening place in which to live. The moral fabric of society seems to be unraveling at an alarming speed. None—whether young or old or in-between—is exempt from exposure to those things which have the potential to drag us down and destroy us.

“… But we need not despair. … We are waging a war with sin. … It is a war we can and will win. Our Father in Heaven has given us the tools we need in order to do so.”    President Thomas S. Monson

“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” – C.S. Lewis

There is yet time. It’s never too late to pick up the pieces.   Robert L. Simpson.

It is never too late to begin to do what we ought to do. Richard L. Evans

Is it too late for you to do something worthwhile?   Hugh B. Brown

It is never too late to start over again. Thorpe B. Isaacson

May our Heavenly Father inspire us to get the right answer before it is too late.   Sterling W. Sill

• We cannot set off on a wrong course without first overruling a warning.    Boyd K. Packer

• Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. Thomas S. Monson

• There seems to be little evidence that the Creator of the Universe was ever in a hurry.  Richard L. Evans

• There is an easy answer to forgiveness. Just forgive everybody & don’t worry about it.

• Surely we must realize that an ounce of prevention is worth tons of cure.    Spencer W. Kimball

• Freedom can be a friend or an enemy, depending upon how it is used.   Richard G. Scott

• May we ever choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong.     Thomas S. Monson

• Truth is truth & it is independent of whether it is believed or not   Boyd K. Packer

• None of us marry perfection, we marry potential.    Robert D. Hales

• Giving consistent effort in the little things in day-to-day life leads to true greatness. Howard W. Hunter

• We do not like to be disturbed as we enjoy our comfortable complacency.   Ezra Taft Benson

• In our time the belief that science & technology can solve all mankind’s problems has become a theocracy.      James E. Faust

• Let all things be done decently and in order.   1Corinthians 14:40

• Freedom can be killed by neglect as well as by direct attack.    Ezra Taft Benson

• It does not make any difference how much one has, for he will not be happy unless he is thankful for it.            Hartman Rector, Jr.

• Freedom is only a blessing if it is accompanied by wisdom and intelligence.    Hugh B. Brown

• It is never too late to begin to do what we ought to do.     Richard L. Evans

• When we’re desperate to become the people we were born to be, our vision changes. Wendy Nelson

• If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.   Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Your friendship is a sturdy staff on which others may lean.     Gordon B. Hinckley

• We never give anybody a lift when we give them a free ride.     Marvin J. Ashton

• Hard work is often robbed of its reward by poor planning.     Robert L. Simpson

• Marriage offers never-ending opportunities for the practice of every Christian virtue. Jeffrey R. Holland

• We are not going back . . . . the future holds everything for us.     Patricia Holland

• Proximate things must not maul ultimate things.     Neal A. Maxwell

• Joy is nondeductible.     Neal A. Maxwell

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

• Only the mediocre person is always at his best.      Spencer W. Kimball

• Every quarter of an inch of physical & mental improvement is worth striving for.   Boyd K. Packer

• Just as discouragement & depression feed on themselves. . . .so does hope regenerate itself.      John H. Groberg

• The triumph of Truth is inevitable.       Orson F. Whitney

• Stand firm my friends. Never flinch.       Spencer W. Kimball

• The future is lighted for us with the radiant colors of hope.      Levi Edgar Young

• Now is the time to do whatever is required to resolve our undesired circumstances.  Donald L. Hallstrom

• We need to reach out to those who feel alone, left behind, or outside the fence.    Neil L. Andersen

• Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.      C.S. Lewis

• The highest and noblest work in this life is that of a mother.      Russell M. Nelson

• Nothing converts cynics like success.      Stephen R. Covey

• Christ lives, and because He lives, so will every one of us.       M. Russell Ballard

• We can certainly honor our parents by our actions.       N. Eldon Tanner

• Belief is the magic ingredient that actually makes miracles happen.    Marion G. Romney

• The zombie craze . . . Takes one of the central symbols of Christianity, the resurrection of the dead, & turns it into a “symbol of sacrilege.”     Marion G. Romney

• Things may be factual and not be real.             Marilyn Green Faulkner

• When we put our homes together, the world will largely take care of itself.     Thomas S. Monson

• There is a hidden power in forgiveness.   James E Faust

• It is better to do good things of little consequence than nothing at all.

• To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.      Criss Jami

• In God’s ecology, talent & love are never wasted.     Neal A. Maxwell

• The Book of Mormon is an inexhaustible encyclopedia of knowledge.    Hugh Nibley

• Contentment is better than money.        John A. Widtsoe

‘Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.’  ―John Wooden

“I’m going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to be kind.” ― David O. McKay

Early = Respect for others. Late = Disrespect. You might as well wear a sign on your chest. ―Tom Peters

Make decisions from the strong part of you, not the weak. ― Laura C. Schlessinger

‘The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.’ ―Randy Pausch

“We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.” ―Ayn Rand

“There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.” ― Og Mandino