The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead; we remember that faith is always pointed toward the future.

God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go.

One would truly need a great and spacious makeup kit to compete with beauty as portrayed in media all around us. Yet at the end of the day there would still be those "in the attitude of mocking and point their fingers" as Lehi saw (1 Nephi 8:27) because however much one tries in the world of glamour and fashion, it will never be glamorous enough.

After an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was before.

Believe in miracles. I have seen so many. They came when every indication would say that Hope was lost. Hope is never lost!

Let people repent. Let people grow. Believe that people can change and improve.

If we want it, we can enjoy the joy of our fidelity to the highest and best that is within us." --sat. afternoon 4/3/10 lds general conference