“We are the Earth’s Caretakers”

“Ida B, some day this land is going to be yours…And the law is going to say that you own this land and you can do pretty much what you want with it…But I want you to remember this: We don’t own the earth. We are the earth’s caretakers, Ida B…I’m grateful we have this land and grateful that you’ll have it, too. But we don’t own it. We take care of it and all of the things on it. And when we’re done with it, it should be left better than we found it.”

-Ida B…and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World, pg. 29-30

Insightful Star Wars Quotes

I love some of the quotes off of Star Wars. They are so thought-provoking :D

 

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

• “Do or do not... there is no try.”
  
• “Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.”
  
• “The Force will be with you, always.”
  
• “A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.”
  
• ‎"Clear your mind must be..."
  
• “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.”
  
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  “Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Luke... Luke... do not... do not underestimate the pow...ers of the Emperor or suffer your father's fate you will. Luke, when gone am I... the last of the Jedi will you be. Luke, the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned, Luke. There is... another... Sky... walker.”See More
  
• ‎"The dark side clouds everything..."
  
• “The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.”
  
• “Yes, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice.”
  
• “[Luke:] I can’t believe it. [Yoda:] That is why you fail.”
  
• “Ohhh. Great warrior.Wars not make one great.”
  
• “May the Force be with you.”
  
• And some fun ones :D
  
• “I do, yes, I do. Sick have I become. Old and weak. When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not. Hmm?”

Humility: If Our Heart is Right

“If our heart is right, we will be free from the excesses and risks of being either too demanding or not demanding enough with ourselves. The greater our willingness to be humble about our errors and inadequacies, the less we will be likely to repeat them and the more we will learn from our experience. As this attitude draws us closer to God, our confidence in his presence will grow, as will our assurance that we do not seek his face in vain. We might then make the same discovery as did a righteous group of Book of Mormon people: ‘Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God’ (Helaman 3:35).”

This is a paragraph in a book I am reading called “The Broken Heart: Applying the Atonement to Life’s Experiences”. It was written by Bruce C. Hafen and is a wonderful book. I encourage all to read it.

This book has given me a new outlook on personal life. Every time I read it and ask myself how I can do better. I hope y’all will enjoy it as much as I do.

When I read this quote, which is basically the summary of one of the chapters in the book, I set a higher standard for myself to continually strive to be more humble before God. I know that as I do this I will find a strength added upon myself so that I can overcome the weaknesses that I have.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go--if there are no doors or windows--he walks through a wall.     

Bernard Malamud

    The author of The Natural

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare died on this day the 23rd of April in 1616 at the age of 52

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

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Victory Over the Tomb

"I declare my personal witness that death has been conquered, victory over the tomb has been won. May the words made sacred by Him who fulfilled them become actual knowledge to all. ... He is risen."
—President Thomas S. Monson