Mormon Musings

Retreat is what one does when he has to--just before he begins again. -Richard L. Evans

Men give me some credit for genius. All the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I make the people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought. -Alexander Hamilton

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for. Therefore, the record will be clear. -Elder Neal A. Maxwell

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself. -Samuel Johnson

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. -Voltaire

One of the marks of the executive is the ability to decide. One of the obligations of free men is the  willingness to decide. One of the qualities of effective people is the courage to decide.                                                                                      Elder Richard L. Evans

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. -John A. Shedd