“Death comes to all mankind. It comes to the aged as they walk on faltering feet. Its summons is heard by those who have scarcely reached midway in life’s journey, and often it hushes the laughter of little children. While death is inevitable, it can best be understood when we learn of life, even eternal life.”
Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, Apr 1990, 2
“While you are going through your trial, you can recall your past victories and count the blessings that follow if you are faithful. And you can have that certain knowledge that in due time God will wipe away all tears and that ‘eye hath not seen, not ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.’ (1 Cor. 2:9.)”
Ezra Taft Benson, Tambuli, Mar 1987, 2
“One marker on the course to eternal life is the challenge displayed at the entrance of Brigham Young University: ‘Enter to learn. Go forth to serve.’ To remain on course, we must first learn all we can about the strait and narrow way we must follow.”
L. Tom Perry, Liahona, May 2002, 10
“Whatever our particular furrow, we are to ‘plow in hope,’ without looking back or letting yesterday hold tomorrow hostage (1 Cor. 9:10).” Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, Nov 1994, 34
“When George A. Smith was very ill, he was visited by his cousin, the Prophet Joseph Smith. The afflicted man reported: ‘He [the Prophet] told me I should never get discouraged, whatever difficulties might surround me. If I were sunk into the lowest pit of Nova Scotia and all the Rocky Mountains piled on top of me, I ought not to be discouraged, but hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I should come out on the top of the heap.’ (George A. Smith Family, comp. Zora Smith Jarvis, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1962, p. 54) There are times when you simply have to righteously hang on and outlast the devil until his depressive spirit leaves you. As the Lord told the Prophet Joseph Smith: ‘Thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high.’ (D&C 121:7–8.)”
Ezra Taft Benson, Tambuli, Mar 1987, 2
“Blessings come from holding true to our principles.”
James E. Faust, Ensign, Nov 2000, 44–46
“We must all be alert for the signs of discouragement and despondency which could trigger the despair leading to the wrong associations and resulting in the wrong habits. We must make opportunity to show our love and interest and concern for our neighbors, whoever they may be.”
N. Eldon Tanner, Ensign, Aug 1981, 2
“Every accountable child of God needs to set goals, short- and long-range goals. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet, and once a goal is accomplished, others can be set.”
Ezra Taft Benson, Tambuli, Mar 1987, 2
“…We literally cannot despair—unless we choose to. But because we are mortal, death is entangled with life. We can choose to feed the darkness and death in our lives, or we can choose to feed the brightness of hope in our lives.” Chieko N. Okazaki, Ensign, Nov 1996, 89
“Genuine hope is urgently needed in order to be more loving even as the love of many waxes cold; more merciful, even when misunderstood or misrepresented; more holy, even as the world ripens in iniquity; more courteous and patient in a coarsening and curt world; and more full of heartfelt hope, even when other men’s hearts fail them.”
Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, Nov 1994, 34