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.

Daddy, what if you are wrong about God and Jesus and the Church? What if it's all for nothing?

Sunday church meetings, Monday family home evenings, Thursday night activities, Saturday temple sessions, every day scriptures, visiting the lonely, feeding the hungry, and blessing the sick.

Well... If I am wrong, I wasted my life engaged in a joy that can only be found in service.

If I am wrong, I needlessly kept the commandments that blessed me with health, safety and happiness.

If I am wrong, I blindly followed an imaginary Savior, that made me more kind and more forgiving.

If I am wrong, I have felt a fake comfort when loved ones passed away, provided by a false hope of eternity with them again.

In other words... Even if I am wrong...

My 'error' made me a better man.

A better husband and father. A better brother and friend. I have lived a life of fulfillment. I have learned to respect and serve others. To be kind and generous. To donate if I have extra. To ask for help, when I don't have enough.

In short...

If I am right, my Eternity is beautiful.

If I am wrong, my Life is beautiful.

The neat thing is that you are always in charge of your mood so pick a good one

Like minds do not always blend. They can be an explosive mixture.

Do our enemies occur naturally, or do we create them through our own actions?

Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

The treatment of an injury may hurt more than the wound itself. Do not allow a sore to fester because you are unwilling to tolerate the momentary pain.

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!