"Feelings of bitterness and dissatisfaction feed upon themselves……" — Richard G. Scott
"Feelings of bitterness and dissatisfaction feed upon themselves and give place to thoughts and acts of unkindness, criticism, and eventually even hatred. Criticism is often motivated by a desire to rationalize one's own shortcomings and to justify termination of sacred marriage covenants."
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137 Quotes by Richard G. Scott
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The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.
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No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us from two basically different sources. Those who transgress…
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Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with…
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Recently I reviewed the history of many missionaries and found a powerful correlation between exceptional missionaries and mothers who chose…
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Freedom requires no effort to enjoy but requires heroic efforts to preserve.
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A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is…
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All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence.…
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To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done.
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You have times when you are extremely happy, times of testing, and times of trial, but the Lord guides you…
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I have never been sorry when I stood for what was right-even against severe criticism.
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Every time you make the right choice in the face of potential criticism you build strength that makes choosing the…
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With the gift of the Holy Ghost comes the ability to develop a powerfully sensitive capacity to make the right…
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
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The act of dying is one of the acts of life.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
— Philip James Bailey
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
— Bernard Baruch
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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a…
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The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself.…
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Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long…
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
— William Blake
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Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of…
— John Boehner
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