“Finding the real joy of Christmas
comes not in the hurrying
and the scurrying to get more done,
nor is it found in the purchasing of gifts.
We find real joy
when we make the Savior
the focus of the season.”
~ Thomas S. Monson
“The first fall of snow
is not only an event,
it is a magical event.
You go to bed in one kind of a world
and wake up in another quite different,
and if this is not enchantment
then where is it to be found?”
~ J.B. Priestley
“We’ve got this gift of love,
but love is like a precious plant.
You can’t just accept it
and leave it in the cupboard
or just think it’s going to get on
by itself. You’ve got to keep
watering it. You’ve got to
really look after it and nurture it.”
~ John Lennon
“To give thanks
in solitude is enough.
Thanksgiving has wings
and goes where it must go.
Your prayer knows much more
about it than you do.”
~ Victor Hugo
“One of the most important
responsibilities in the Christian life,
is to care about others,
smile at them,
and be a friend to the friendless.”
~ James Dobson
“There is no easy walk
to freedom anywhere,
and many of us
will have to pass
through the Valley of the
Shadow of Death again
and again before we reach
the mountaintop of our desires.”
~ Nelson Mandela
“One of the things I learned
the hard way was that it
doesn’t pay to get discouraged.
Keeping busy and making optimism
a way of life can restore
faith in yourself.”
~ Lucille Ball
“The law of harvest is
to reap more than you sow.
Sow an act,
and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit,
and you reap a character.
Sow a character,
and you reap a destiny.”
~ James Allen
“I think most of us are raised
with preconceived notions
of the choices we’re supposed to make.
We waste so much time
making decisions based on someone else’s idea
of our happiness—
what will make you a good citizen
or a good wife or daughter
or actress.
Nobody says, ‘Just be happy;
go be a cobbler or
go live with goats.'”
~ Sandra Bullock
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