"If God asks that you bend, bend and do not complain. He is making you more flexible, and for this be thankful."
-Terri Guillemets

"In this life we cannot always do great things. But we can do small things with great love."
- Mother Teresa

"To create something you must be something." 
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."

-Elder Claudio R.M. Costa

"Virtue —even attempted virtue— brings light; indulgence brings fog." 
 - C.S. Lewis

Don't run out ahead of Him

"Father sat down on the edge of the narrow bed. 'Corrie,' he began gently, 'when you and I go to Amsterdam - when do I give you your ticket?'
I sniffed a few times, considering this.
'Why, just before we get on the train.'
'Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need - just in time.'"
-Corrie Ten Boom, "The Hiding Place"

"We shouldn't complain about life not being a rose garden when we remember who wore the crown of thorns."
-Neal A. Maxwell