Intelligence without character, honor, and integrity can be very dangerous.
In all of your dealings with others, decide today to do the right thing for the right reason.
If you wait until the moment of necessity to make that life-changing decision, you will often make the wrong choice.
Prepare in times of peace and you will be prepared for the heat of the battle
Harry Potter’s mentor Albus Dumbledore said: “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.”
Respect and goodwill are earned by many fine performances and lost by one bad act.
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. -Thomas H. Huxley
Many times, as we go through life, we lose track of who we are and the magnificent potential we have within ourselves. We spend our lives looking for happiness just around the next corner, buying things we can’t afford, and trying to impress people we will never see again. Sometimes we allow pride to be our guide, when serving others should be our daily focus.
You are sons and daughters of God. You have within you the ability to become like Him and receive all that your Father has. Your Father in Heaven knows you. He loves you. He created you. He wants to help you. He wants you to reach your full potential, whatever that may be. He wants you to be your best you, and He will help you find and become that person.
Speaking of honor, Karl G. Maeser once wrote: I have been asked what I mean by word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls—walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground—there is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape, but stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No, never! I’d die first!
Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me” (Job 27:5)
Thank Receiving the Holy Ghost is not an event but a lifelong process.
You have the agency to invite Him into your life every day—or not. Remember that your actions, thoughts, and words will determine if He will be invited to teach you the truth of all things. He is the perfect gentleman; He comes only when invited. So listen to the still, small voice of the Holy Ghost. He will guide you and direct you. He is the testifier of the Father and the Son.
Here is the link to his talk:https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/shayne-m-bowen_i-can-sleep-when-wind-blows/
-Sherri Jorgensen
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