Those who talk loudly are rarely listened to.
This boy turkied my Thanksgiving, but I won't let him Grinch my Christmas. -Dean Hughes (Midway to Heaven)
War is the greatest evil Satan has invented to corrupt our hearts and souls. We should honor our soldiers, but we should never honor war.
Sometimes when you're looking for an answer, you search everywhere else before you take a look at what's right in front of you.
What would Kathy say if she knew I let the whole crew eat those Oreos when they never did eat their carrot sticks (which I had so firmly required as prerequisite)? All three of my kids were probably heading for disease (not enough veggies) and jail (not enough discipline).
Before we have children, we think most of the parents sitting in sacrament meeting ought to “do something about their kids. ” Once we have kids, we think everyone ought to be a lot more understanding about what we’re trying to survive during the meeting. And once our kids are grown, we think, “I never let my kids get away with that. ” We really all need to chill out.
If we believe in them, love them and trust them, they see who they are through our eyes.
None of us ever knows what impact we have on the world around us.
For the rich men without scruple drew the estate into their own hands, excluding the rightful heirs from their succession; and all the wealth being centred upon the few, the generality were poor and miserable. Honourable pursuits, for which there was no longer leisure, were neglected; the state was filled with sordid business, and with hatred and envy of the rich.
when I hide something, it stays hid, until I want it found.
I take my ideas from my experiences.