A Great Quote

“Woman is God’s supreme creation. Only after the earth had been formed, after the day had been separated from the night, after the waters had been divided from the land, after vegetation and animal life had been created, and after man had been placed on the earth, was woman created; and only then was the work pronounced complete and good.

“Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind and constantly enlarges the horizon of her understanding, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth.”

~Gordon B. Hinckley

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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this quote I found while reading Up From Slavery: An Autobiography (The Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading). I want to be like this!

"I make it a rule to clear my desk every day, before leaving my office, of all correspondence and memoranda, so that on the morrow I can begin a new day of work. I make it a rule never to let my work drive me, but to so master it, and keep it in such complete control, and to keep so far ahead of it, that I will be the master instead of the servant. There is a physical and mental and spiritual enjoyment that comes from a consciousness of being the absolute master of one's work, in all its details, that is very satisfactory and inspiring. My experience teaches that, if one learns to follow this plan, he gets a freshness of body and vigor of mind out of work that goes a long way toward keeping him strong and healthy. I believe that when one can grow to the point where he loves his work, this gives him a kind of strength that is most valuable." --Booker T. Washington

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I need to memorize this one!

"Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be hindered tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrow's; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."
~Benjamin Franklin

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"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor."
~Henry David Thoreau

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I read this today in The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution by W. Cleon Skousen and in light of current events thought it appropriate to share:

"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power."
~Thomas Jefferson

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"Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: Every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience."

~ Benjamin Franklin