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.

When you continue to be irritated by someone who refuses to change, you also refuse to change.

Never be a prisoner of your past, it was just a lesson, not a life sentence.

Sometimes our prayers have to change from asking for complete deliverance, to asking for strength and comfort until deliverance comes.

The razor blade is sharp but can't cut a tree; the axe is strong but can't cut the hair.

Everyone is important according to his/her own unique purpose. Never look down on anyone unless you are admiring their shoes.

Dads hate stopping on road trips because then all of the vehicles they worked hard to pass for the last hour get back ahead of them.

You will spend the majority of your life knowing your children as adults, but for a brief moment you will get to know them as kids.

I am inspired by each husband who demonstrates that his most important priesthood responsibility is to care for his wife.

Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept.

Service is how you increase your capacity to love.

Like Lehi… you don’t chase after your loved ones who feel lost. You stay where you are and call them. You go to the tree, stay at the tree, keep eating the fruit and, with a smile on your face, continue to beckon to those you love and show by example that eating the fruit is a happy thing!