If you have a temper, now is the time to learn to control it. The more you do so while you are young, the more easily it will happen.
Interpretation
Learning to control your temper early in life leads to better emotional regulation.
This quote emphasizes the importance of developing emotional control, particularly regarding temper, at a young age. Gordon B. Hinckley suggests that the earlier one learns to manage their anger, the easier it will be to maintain that control throughout life, ultimately leading to healthier interpersonal relationships and personal well-being.
In practice
In a discussion about personal growth at a youth seminar.
You can be excellent in every way. You can be first class. There is no need for you to be a scrub. Respect yourself. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Do not dwell on unkind things others may say about you. Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life and look for its opportunities.
There cannot be peace where there is not trust; there cannot be freedom where there is not loyalty
I have seen miracles in my time, my brothers and sisters. The greatest miracle of all, I believe, is the transformation that comes into the life of a man or a woman who accepts the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and tries to live it in his or her life.
People who carry in their hearts a strong conviction concerning the living reality of the Almighty and their accountability to Him for what they do with their lives are far less likely to become enmeshed in problems that inevitably weaken society.
Don’t be gloomy. Do not dwell on unkind things. Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. ‘Accentuate the positive.’ Look a little deeper for the good. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life.
There is no substitute for virtue. Keep your thoughts virtuous. Rise above the filth that's all around you in this world and stand tall in strength and virtue. You can do this and you will be happier for it for as long as you live. God bless you in cherishing, developing and holding on to this great gift, the quality of personal virtue.
Take care what words you speak that follow “I am.” In so speaking you create your life.
He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.
When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.
Later, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way.
Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.
Gratitude is like a flashlight. It lights up what is already there. You don't necessarily have anything more or different, but suddenly you can actually see what it is. And because you can see, you no longer take it for granted.
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