Life is not only meant to be appreciated in retrospect ... There is something each day to embrace and cherish.

The first step to walking in righteousness is simply to try. We must try to believe. Try to learn of God: read the scriptures; study the words of His latter-day prophets; choose to listen to the Father, and do the things He asks of us. Try and keep on trying until that which seems difficult becomes possible-and that which seems only possible becomes habit and a real part of you.

God's love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked.

Our obedience to God’s commandments comes as a natural outgrowth of our endless love and gratitude for the goodness of God.

How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God there is rain?

Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can - working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!

Our loving Heavenly Father wants us to become more like him. God understands that we get there not in an instant, but by taking one step at a time.