If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.
Brigham YoungRead
Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
Interpretation
Always strive to improve each day instead of postponing efforts for tomorrow.
This quote emphasizes the importance of taking action today rather than deferring goals and improvements to a later time. It encourages individuals to seize the present moment and make the most of each day, fostering a proactive mindset that values progress and personal growth.
In practice
In a motivational speech to encourage students to work hard.
If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.
Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the indulgence of expensive luxuries, which can only be obtained by involving yourselves in debt.
Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.
I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by Him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self-security... Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not.
It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.
Don't fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it.
And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses. It's so easy to make excuses. Even professional writers have days when they'd rather clean the toilet than do the writing.
I think there's a difference between "I Can" and "I Am." And "I Am" is really the goal that I'm looking for, rather than "I Can".
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.