Quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.

Time is a commodity more precious than melange. Even the wealthiest man cannot buy more minutes to put into each hour.

When greed and desperation are coupled, men accomplish superhuman feats—though for the wrong reasons.

God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble or we can be compelled to be humble. Alma said, Blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble.

Let us choose to be humble.

Two people drift in a lifeboat on an uncharted sea. One says, There! I see an island. Our best chance is to go ashore, build a shelter, and await rescue.

The other says, No, we must go farther out to sea and hope to find the shipping lanes. That is our best chance.

Unable to agree, the two fight, the lifeboat capsizes, and they drown.

This is the nature of humanity. Even if only two people are left in the entire universe, they will come to represent opposing factions.

At last, after our long journey, we have reached the beginning.

The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend. He may hate you as much as any other rival.

One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.

Do things for people not because of who they are, or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

Reputation can be a beautiful weapon. It often spills less blood.

Our motivations are as important as our goals. Use this to understand your enemy. With such knowledge, you can either defeat him or, even better, manipulate him into becoming your ally.