“To you who think you are lost or without hope, or who think you have done too much that was too wrong for too long, to every one of you who worry that you are stranded somewhere on the wintry plains of life and have wrecked your handcart in the process, we call out "Jehovah's unrelenting refrain, "My hand is stretched out still" (Isaiah 5:25: 9:17,21). "...His mercy endureth forever, and His hand is stretched out still. His is the pure love of Christ, the charity that never faileth, that compassion which endures even when all other strength disappears".” ThinkingLongStillsDoneHandsLostProcessChristCompassionWorryForeverToo MuchPureMercyCharityEndureDisappearRefrainJehovahPure LoveWithout HopeStrandedUnrelenting Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“Whoever you are and wherever you find yourself as you seek your way in life, I offer you "the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). Wherever else you think you may be going, I ask you to "come unto Him" as the imperative first step in getting there, in finding your individual happiness and strength and success.” ThinkingWayFirstsMayAsksIndividualStepsOffersFindingsFinding YourselfFirst StepsImperativesWay In LifeIndividual Happiness Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad.” ThinkingDoubtAssuming Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“I suppose it goes without saying that negative speaking so often flows from negative thinking about ourselves. We see our own faults, we speak--or at least think--critically of ourselves, and before long that is how we see everyone and everything. No sunshine, no roses, no promise of hope or happiness. Before long we and everybody around us are miserable.” ThinkingLongSpeakPromiseNegativeFlowRoseFaultsMiserableSunshineNegative Thinking Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“You and I won't ever find ourselves on that cross, but we repeatedly find ourselves at the foot of it. And how we act there will speak volumes about what we think of Christ's character and His call for us to be His disciples.” ThinkingCharacterSpeakChristFeetCrossesVolumeDisciple Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“What is the best that lies within us? Of how much are we capable? None of us yet knows. An old Arabic legend tells of a rider finding a spindly sparrow lying on its back in the middle of the road. He dismounted and asked the sparrow why his feet were in the air. Replied the sparrow, "I heard the heavens were going to fall today." "And I suppose you think your puny bird legs can hold up the whole universe?" laughed the horseman. "Perhaps not," said the sparrow with conviction, "but one does whatever one can.” ThinkingKnowsDoeSaidWholeTodayLyingFallUniverseHeavenHeardAirFeetMiddleFindingsCapableBirdConvictionLegsLaughedLegendsRidersSparrowsHorsemenMiddle Of The Road Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“I suppose no one is as handsome or as beautiful as he or she wishes, or as brilliant in school or as witty in speech or as wealthy as we would like, but in a world of varied talents and fortunes that we can't always command, I think that makes even more attractive the qualities we can command--such qualities as thoughtfulness, patience, a kind word, and true delight in the accomplishment of another. These cost us nothing, and they can mean everything to the one who receives them.” ThinkingWorldKindMeanSchoolBeautifulWishQualityTalentCostSpeechFortuneDelightWittyBrilliantCommandAttractiveAccomplishmentWealthyHandsomeKind WordsThoughtfulness Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“One way or another, I think virtually all of the prophets and early Apostles had their visionary moments of our time--a view that gave them courage in their own less successful eras. Those early brethren knew an amazing amount about us. Prophets such as Moses, Nephi, and the brother of Jared saw the latter days in tremendously detailed vision. Some of what they saw wasn't pleasing, but surely all those earlier generations took heart from knowing that there would finally be one dispensation that would not fail.” ThinkingWayHeartMomentsViewsVisionKnowingSuccessfulSawsFailingGenerationsBrotherAmountOne WayErasOur TimeProphetLatterMosesApostlesVisionariesBrethrenLatter Days Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“Try not to compare your children, even if you think you are skillful at it. You may say most positively that "Susan is pretty and Sandra is bright," but all Susan will remember is that she isn't bright and Sandra that she isn't pretty. Praise each child individually for what that child is and help him or her escape our culture's obsession with comparing, competing, and never feeling we are "enough.” IfsThinkingTryingMayChildrenEnoughHelpingFeelingsRememberCulturePraiseObsessionCompareYour ChildrenCompetingPositivelySkillful Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“However late you think you are, however many chances you think you have missed, however many mistakes you feel you have made or talents you think you don’t have, or however far from home and family and God you feel you have traveled, I testify that you have not traveled beyond the reach of divine love. It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ’s Atonement shines.” ThinkingFeelsMadeHomeLightChristChanceMistakeTalentDivineLateInfiniteShiningTraveledDivine LoveAtonementHome And FamilyLight Of Christ Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“However many chances you think you have missed, however many mistakes you feel you have made, ... you have not traveled beyond the reach of divine love.” ThinkingFeelsMadeChanceMistakeDivineTraveledDivine Love Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“No one would wish a bad marriage on anyone. But where do we think good marriages come from? They don't spring full blown from the head of Zeus any more than does a good education...Why should a marriage require fewer tears and less toil and shabbier commitment than your job or your clothes or your car?” ThinkingShouldDoeJobsWishMarriageCarTearsClothesSpringCommitmentFewerToilZeusGood EducationGood MarriageBad Marriage Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
