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.

If you do not face your weaknesses, how do you know where to be strong?

We are eternal beings living in a mortal world. We are out of our element, like fish out of water. It is only when we have an eternal perspective that any of this will make any sense.

You watched “The Hunger Games” and sided with the resistance.
You watched “Star Wars” and sided with the resistance.
You watched “The Matrix” and sided with the resistance.
You watched “Divergent” and sided with the resistance.
You watched “V for Vendetta” and sided with the resistance.
When it’s fiction you understand. Yet you refuse to see it when it’s the reality you’re living in.

The gospel doesn't produce a Hollywood version of happily ever after, but its covenants do give us the assurance that all will be well in the end!

Not compromise, but synthesis. Compromises only drove both ends of the curve to an unacceptable and weaker average; instead, both sides must take the best from the other and discard the rest.

Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. The fact is that most putts don’t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just like people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise.

Life is just like an old time rail journey…delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.

I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by…Instead, find joy in the journey—now.

When we hear potentially offensive comments our knee-jerk reaction should be active listening.

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.