I've come to trust not that events will unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way.
~Marianne Williamson
What if we could do everything confidently? Move forward with courage. Take risks and see your failures as opportunities to learn.
“I used to worry too much, take myself too seriously. I had to learn that perfectionism slows everything down. All it does is keep you motivated by fear.” Anne Hathaway
“There’s something that, growing up, my mom would say to me. And I say it back to her a lot. We’re fairly dramatic people. And we’re prone to very big feelings. So, when those very big feelings sometimes aren’t the most positive thing, we just look at each other, and we say, ‘Choose joy.’” Anne Hathaway
Dear daughters of God, you are the crown jewels of all of His creations. There has never been a sunset, symphony, or work of art as lovely as you. May you catch the vision that you are destined to be a refined and regal queen, honored by an uncountable posterity, worlds without end.
~ Douglas L. Callister
Britain’s Ben Jonson said: “Language most shows a man: Speak, that I may see thee.”
“Isn’t it funny the way some combinations of words can give you—almost apart from their meaning—a thrill like music?” CS Lewis
“We need the slower and more lasting stimulus of solitary reading as a relief from the pressure on eye, ear and nerves of the torrent of information and entertainment pouring from ever-open electronic jaws.”
“[Education] has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.”
President David O. McKay was inclined to awaken at 4:00 a.m., skim read up to two books each day, and then commence his labors at 6:00 a.m. He could quote 1,000 poems from memory. We knew that whenever he stood at the pulpit. He referred to the grand masters of literature as the “minor prophets.”
As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, more appreciative of the good and the beautiful in the world, or we may choose the trashy, the vulgar, the obscene, which will make us feel as though we’ve been “wallowing in the mire.” David O. Mckay
If we know the books located at the bedside, we know much about the man.
An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. CS Lewis
I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once. CS Lewis
Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years. CS Lewis
The sure mark of an unliterary man is that he considers “I’ve read it already” to be a conclusive argument against reading a work. . . . Those who read great works, on the other hand, will read the same work ten, twenty or thirty times during the course of their life. CS Lewis
I once had opportunity to visit briefly with Audrey Hepburn, the great actress of days gone by, at the time she was making the movie My Fair Lady. She spoke of the opening scene in the movie in which she depicted a modest, unpolished flower girl. Her face had been besmirched with charcoal to make her seem part of her surroundings. “But,” she said, with a twinkle in her eye, “I was wearing my Chanel perfume. Inside I still knew I was a lady.”
~Douglas Callister
“I used to worry too much, take myself too seriously. I had to learn that perfectionism slows everything down. All it does is keep you motivated by fear.” Anne Hathaway
“There’s something that, growing up, my mom would say to me. And I say it back to her a lot. We’re fairly dramatic people. And we’re prone to very big feelings. So, when those very big feelings sometimes aren’t the most positive thing, we just look at each other, and we say, ‘Choose joy.’” Anne Hathaway
Dear daughters of God, you are the crown jewels of all of His creations. There has never been a sunset, symphony, or work of art as lovely as you. May you catch the vision that you are destined to be a refined and regal queen, honored by an uncountable posterity, worlds without end.
~ Douglas L. Callister
Britain’s Ben Jonson said: “Language most shows a man: Speak, that I may see thee.”
“Isn’t it funny the way some combinations of words can give you—almost apart from their meaning—a thrill like music?” CS Lewis
“We need the slower and more lasting stimulus of solitary reading as a relief from the pressure on eye, ear and nerves of the torrent of information and entertainment pouring from ever-open electronic jaws.”
“[Education] has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.”
President David O. McKay was inclined to awaken at 4:00 a.m., skim read up to two books each day, and then commence his labors at 6:00 a.m. He could quote 1,000 poems from memory. We knew that whenever he stood at the pulpit. He referred to the grand masters of literature as the “minor prophets.”
As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, more appreciative of the good and the beautiful in the world, or we may choose the trashy, the vulgar, the obscene, which will make us feel as though we’ve been “wallowing in the mire.” David O. Mckay
If we know the books located at the bedside, we know much about the man.
An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. CS Lewis
I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once. CS Lewis
Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years. CS Lewis
The sure mark of an unliterary man is that he considers “I’ve read it already” to be a conclusive argument against reading a work. . . . Those who read great works, on the other hand, will read the same work ten, twenty or thirty times during the course of their life. CS Lewis
I once had opportunity to visit briefly with Audrey Hepburn, the great actress of days gone by, at the time she was making the movie My Fair Lady. She spoke of the opening scene in the movie in which she depicted a modest, unpolished flower girl. Her face had been besmirched with charcoal to make her seem part of her surroundings. “But,” she said, with a twinkle in her eye, “I was wearing my Chanel perfume. Inside I still knew I was a lady.”
~Douglas Callister
