“We too often satisfy ourselves with the perishable things of time, forgetting the opportunities we have of developing within us the great, the eternal principles of life and truth. The Lord wishes to establish a closer and more intimate relationship between Himself and us; He wishes to elevate us in the scale of being and intelligence, and this can only be done through the medium of the everlasting Gospel which is specially prepared for this purpose.” DonePurposeOpportunityWishForgetLordPrinciplesEternalPreparedScalesMediumsDevelopingIntimateEverlastingIntimate Relationships Author:Lorenzo Snow
“Mormon prophets have continuously taught the sublime truth that God the Eternal Father was once a mortal man who passed through a school of earth life similar that through which we are now passing. He became God - an exalted being - through obedience to the same eternal Gospel truths that we are given opportunity today to obey.” MenTodaySchoolEarthFatherOpportunityGivenTaughtEternalPassingPassingsMortalsObedienceProphetSublimeExaltedEarth LifeGiven Opportunity Author:Milton R. Hunter
“The opportunity of making happy is more scarce than we imagine; the punishment of missing it is, never to meet with it again; and the use we make of it leaves us an eternal sentiment of satisfaction or repentance.” UseOpportunityImagineMissingEternalSatisfactionPunishmentRepentanceSentimentsBenevolenceScarceMissing It Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau