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.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes

It will [get worse] but then it will get better. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you… You will be warm again.

You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things.

Never give up what you want most for what you want today

If I should die… then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.

Faith is beautiful because it persists even when blessings don't come as hoped for. We can't see the future, we don't know all the answers, but we can trust Jesus Christ as we keep moving forward and upward because He is our Savior and Redeemer.

Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination