Book of Mormon verses

As of last night, I have read the Book of Mormon cover to cover :D It took longer than I probably initially planned; there were a few hiatuses... but I finally did it!

The entire book testified its truth to me. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God who restored Christ's church to this earth and that the Book of Mormon testifies of Jesus Christ. I am so thankful for the influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in my life and in the lives of those I love. Whether you are Mormon or not, or have ever read the Book of Mormon or not, if you read the Book of Mormon with the intent and desire to know whether or not it is true- you will be answered. After Jesus Christ's resurrection and His return to Heavenly Father, we as God's children were left with the Holy Ghost to be our companion, guide, and comforter. The Holy Ghost can teach you so much, if you just allow yourself to ask in faith and listen to His promptings.

Here are the verses that "spoke" to me while I read:
(an online version of the Book of Mormon can be found through LDS.org: http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm?lang=eng )

1 Nephi 9:6 -- The Lord prepares a way
1 Nephi 10:18-19 -- the mysteries of God shall be unfolded through the power of the Holy Ghost
1 Nephi 15 -- the filthy waters in Lehi's dream separate the righteous from wickedness. You don't just leave the rod/path, but have to swim through the waters to enter the mansion. Becoming wicked is a process, not just one bad step.
1 Nephi 21:15-16 -- Christ will never forget us

2 Nephi 2:22-23 -- Had Adam and Eve not transgressed in the Garden, they would have remained in that same, perfect state of innocence and the rest of God's plan would not have been possible.
2 Nephi 2:25 -- "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy"
2 Nephi 3:12 -- We shall have the writings of the past in order to gain knowledge
2 Nephi 9: 4 -- We will be resurrected into bodies of flesh and bone, and see God
2 Nephi 9:10 -- A way had been prepared so that we can return to our bodies, and return to God's presence
2 Nephi 9:21 -- Christ suffered all of our pains to save us
2 Nephi 9:50-52 -- Feast upon the words of Christ and let your heart rejoice
2 Nephi 14:6 -- Temples will protect us from worldly things
2 Nephi 22:2 -- I will trust in God and not be afraid, for the Lord is my strength and my song
2 Nephi 28:30 -- God gives more knowledge to those who seek and learn from Him
2 Nephi 31:20 -- The equation for an eternal life :)
2 Nephi 32: 3 -- Angels speak through the Holy Ghost
2 Nephi 33:6 -- "I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for He hath redeemed my soul from Hell"

Jacob 2:18-19 -- First seek the Kingdom of God, then seek for riches
Jacob 6:12 -- "O be wise; what can I say more?"

Enos 1:27 -- Christ has prepared a place for us after this life

Mosiah 4:30 -- Do what God has commanded, and perish not
Mosiah 5:13 -- How will you know God, if you do not serve Him?
Mosiah 7:33 -- Turn to the Lord, trust and serve Him, and He will deliver you out of bondage
Mosiah 16:8-9 -- The grave has no victory; Christ is an endless light and endless life
Mosiah 18:8-10 -- requirements for baptism
Mosiah 27:29 -- "I was in the darkest adyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more"

Alma 5:45-46 -- the Holy Ghost and personal revelation
Alma 5:60 -- Christ will protect you
Alma 12 -- Adam's purpose; the plan of redemtion
Alma 29:5 -- "he that knoweth not good from evil is blameless"
Alma 29:9 -- "perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy"
Alma 29:14 -- Do not find joy in only yourself, but in the success of others
Alma 30:7 -- men are free to choose their own beliefs
Alma 31:5 -- preaching the word of God had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people to do the right, than the sword
Alma 31:38 -- your afflictions are swallowed up in the joy of Christ
Alma 32:21 -- "Faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things"
Alma 33:23 -- Plant His word in your heart and have faith
Alma 34:27-28 -- Serve others
Alma 34: 32-34 -- This life is the time to prepare to meet God, do not procrastinate
Alma 34:38-41 -- Live in thankfulness, be prayerful, and have patience
Alma 36:3 -- Those who put their trust in God, will be rewarded
Alma 37:33-35 -- Teach these things
Alma 37:47 -- "Look to God and live"
Alma 38:4-5 -- Bear all things with patience and trust in God
Alma 38:8 -- "I did cry unto [God] and I did find peace to my soul"
Alma 39:18-19 -- Should not all of God's children know of His plan?
Alma 41:10 -- "Wickedness never was happiness"
Alma 42:30 -- Do not think you are above Christ's redeeming power, be humbled and saved
Alma 57:27 -- "Their minds are firm, and they do put their trust in God continually"
Alma 60:36 -- "I seek not for power, but to pull it down. I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country"

Helaman 5:12 -- Build your foundation upon the rock of Christ
Helaman 5:47 -- Peace be unto you because of your faith
Helaman 14:17 -- Christ can redeem all mankind
Helaman 14:30 -- God has made us free to act for ourselves

3 Nephi 11:29 -- "He that hath the spirit of contention is not of [God]"
3 Nephi 12:16 -- "Let your light so shine... that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven"
3 Nephi 13:33 -- seek first the kingdom of God
3 Nephi 14:21 -- Prayer alone will not get you into Heaven

Ether 12:4 -- Believe in God, have hope, be sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works
Ether 12:6 -- "Faith is things which are hoped for and not seen"
Ether 12:27 -- Be humble, have faith, and God will make your weaknesses, strengths
Ether 12:41 -- seek after Christ, that the Holy Ghost may abide with you

Moroni 7:16-17 -- "The Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil"
Moroni 7:45 -- Charity...
Moroni 8:8 -- Adam's transgression is not upon us- Christ has redeemed us; babies do not need baptism
Moroni 9:25 -- "May Christ lift you up"
Moroni 10:4-5 -- Ask and you will know

Moroni 10:20-23 -- Faith, hope, and charity work together and are necessary for salvation
Moroni 10:32-33 -- "Love God with all your might, mind, and strength" Love is action; through our actions we show our love

Quotes- Church

-Faith smells the fragrance when there is yet no rose. ~Unknown

-And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found spotless at the judgment seat of Christ. ~title page of The Book of Mormon

-Life is fragile and, therefore, should be handled with prayer. ~Unknown

-God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts. ~Unknown

-Life is to be enjoyed not just endured. ~Gordon B. Hinckley

-Christian courage: loving those who hate us, being charitable to our enemies, turning the other cheek is not being weak. it takes faith and courage to be strong enough to love all. meekness is NOT weakness. ~parapraphrased Robert Hales

-There are three things that last: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love. ~I Corinthians 13:13

-Let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth. ~1 John 3:18

-True Christianity is love in action. There is no better way to manifest love for God than to show an unselfish love for your fellow men. ~David O. McKay

-How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marry right and live right, our relationship will continue, notwithstanding the certainty of death and the passage of time. ~Gordon B. Hinckley

-Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. ~Ephesians 4:31-32

-Life is to be enjoyed not just endured. ~Gordon B. Hinckley

-Love is the most powerful force in the world. ~Dallin H. Oaks

-And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold He did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by my father; wherefore, I did not rebel agianst him like unto my brothers. ~1 Nephi 2:16

-Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father, because of his imperfection, neither them who have written before him; but rather give thanks unto God that He hath made manifest unto you our imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been. ~Mormon 9:31

-The principal reason the Church was organized is to make life sweet today, to give contentment to the heart today, to bring salvation today... Some of us look forward to a time in the future-- salvation and exaltation in the world to come-- but today is part of eternity. ~David O. McKay quoted in "The Influence of Righteous Women" by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

-Do the best you can, and the Lord will provide the rest. Have faith and confidence in Him, and you will see miracles happen in your life and the lives of your loved ones. The virtue of your own life will be a light to those who sit in darkness, because you are a living witness of the fullness of the gospel. ~(D&C 45:28) Dieter F. Uchtdorf in "The Influence of Righteous Women"

-Service in the Lord's behalf is never wasted, and we never know what good might come from it later. ~"We Were Both Blessed" by Jennifer Coleman in the September 2009 Ensign

-Fidelity includes refraining from physical contact-- but that is not all. Fidelity also means complete commitment, trust, and respect between husband and wife. ~"Fidelity in Marriage: It's more than you think" by Kenneth W. Matheson in the September 2009 Ensign

-What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means to love with all your emotional feelings and with all your devotion. ~Ezra Taft Benson

-Abstain from all appearance of evil. ~1 Thessalonians 5:22

-Neither social life nor occupational life nor political life nor any other interest nor person nor thing shall ever take precedence over the companion spouse. ~Spencer W. Kimball

-Anger just distorts reality and slows the healing process. ~"Fidelity in Marriage: It's more than you think" by Kenneth W. Matheson in the September 2009 Ensign

-The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. ~1 Samuel 16:7 [this might be my favorite scripture now]

-"In Your Name" by Sharon Price Anderson from the February 2010 Ensign: Descending below all things, bleeding sorrow form every pore, He was fully bathed in grief that we might be cleansed, rescued from death and hell. I descend marble temple steps, enter baptismal waters. Completely immersed, bearing His name and yours, I hold my breath, emerging, rising. May you inherit everlasting life; together may we dwell in heaven.

-In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of greater importance. ~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

-As you lose yourself in the service of others, you discover your own life and your own happiness. ~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

-Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. ~James Barrie

-Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love. ~D&C 6:20

-Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands. ~D&C 121:9


-In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~Thomas Jefferson


-Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.


-You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body. ~C.S. Lewis


-Jesus knows me; this I love :)

Quotes- Love/Friendship

-There are three things that last: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love. ~I Corinthians 13:13

-Two human loves make one divine. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

-We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. ~Sam Keen

-Now join hands, and with your hands your hearts. ~William Shakespeare

-Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

-Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. ~Franklin P. Jones

-We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. ~Unknown

-Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. ~Robert A. Heinlein

-Let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth. ~1 John 3:18

-Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener! ~Unknown

-True Christianity is love in action. There is no better way to manifest love for God than to show an unselfish love for your fellow men. ~David O. McKay

-Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one. ~Franz Joseph von Munch-Bellinghausen

-To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the wedding cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up. ~Ogden Nash

-Hail, wedded love, mysterious law; true source of human happiness. ~Milton

-I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner

-Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination. ~Roy Goodman

-Spouse: someone who'll stand by you through all the trouble you wouldn't have had if you'd stayed single. ~Unknown

-Think not because you are now wed That all your courtship's at an end. ~Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza

-How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marry right and live right, our relationship will continue, notwithstanding the certainty of death and the passage of time. ~Gordon B. Hinckley

-Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. ~Ephesians 4:31-32

-Life is to be enjoyed not just endured. ~Gordon B. Hinckley

-Love is the most powerful force in the world. ~Dallin H. Oaks

-True love is when you don't want to go to sleep at night because real life is so much better than a dream. ~Unknown

-I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. ~Unknown

-No man is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry. ~Unknown

-Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. ~Unknown

-To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. ~Unknown

-Friends are the notes in life's song. ~Unknown

-The true heart of a person is more important than the face that hides it. ~me

-True love is when you don't want to go to sleep at night because real life is so much better than a dream. ~Unknown

-We're not perfect. We laugh too hard. We are way too loud and we are such dorks, but doing it together is what makes us best friends forever. ~Unknown

-Yeah, we laugh way too hard and act too immature, but I wouldn't have it any other way. ~Unknown

-The heart has reasons which reason does not know. ~Unknown

-A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. ~Unknown

-It's one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

-Love is being able to walk arm in arm, even when you don't see eye to eye. ~Unknown


-Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained. ~C.S. Lewis

Quotes- RaNdoM

I love collecting quotes of all kinds and here are some I have found:

-Music touches feelings that words cannot. ~i think from a Dove chocolate wrapper

-Whatever floats your submarine! ~Tara Curtis

-From here to there, from there to here, funny things are everywhere. ~Dr. Suess

-I wish I were a little acrobat, acrobat (repeat) Oh, I fly through the air in my Batman underwear, Oh I wish I were a little acrobat, acrobat! ~a girls' camp song

-Life is a do-it-yourself project. Your attitudes and the choices you make today 'build' the house you live in tomorrow. Build wisely! ~Unknown

-Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug! ~Unknown

-No matter how stupid you look dancing, you look more stupid not dancing. ~some comic strip

-Life is too important to be taken seriously. ~Oscar Wilde

-The melancholy truth was that his glorious head had nothing in it. ~some AP test passage

-Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, on thing only: understanding. ~taken from "Bound" by Donna Jo Napoli

-It's beauty that killed the beast. ~from the movie "King Kong" (2005)

-It's not enough to know a thing. We need to live what we know. ~Unknown

-I'm as happy as a tornado in a trailer park! ~taken from "Cars" (2006)

-Down below the mines and sea ooze and fake fossil bones put there by a Creator with nothing better to do than upset archaeologists and give them silly ideas. ~taken from "Rincewind the Wizzard" by Terry Pratchett

-Grinned like a man who, having tap danced on quicksand, feels the press of solid rock under his feet. ~taken from "Rincewind the Wizzard" by Terry Pratchett

-Death is but a sleep... but the way I see it, it's a lot harder to get up in the morning. ~taken from "Rincewind the Wizzard" by Terry Pratchett

-I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Confucius

-People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing. ~Florence Foster Jenkins

-The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ~Unknown

-We don't stop playing because we get old; we get old because we stop playing. ~Unknown

-Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Suess

-When someone makes you angry, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, you are a mile away. And you have his shoes. ~Unknown

-Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you sleep alone. ~some sign at the Bubba Gump Restaurant in New York City

-Your own reality- for yourself, not for others- what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means. ~from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

-There is a taint of death, a flavor of mortality in lies. ~from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

-Avoid irritation [annoyance from people] more than exposure to the sun. ~from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

-When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep--not screaming, like the passengers in his car. ~Unknown

-One can't live with one's finger everlastingly on one's pulse. ~from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

-Boys are like:

POP-TARTS - they're better when they're hot! MASCARA - they run at the first sight of emotion! DULL PENCILS - they have no point! WEATHER - you can neither predict them nor change them! BLENDERS - you need one, but you're not sure why! LAVA LAMPS - they're not very bright, but they're fun to look at when hot! TOENAILS - Gross, but necessary. TEDDY BEARS- they give great hugs!

~some EFY speaker : )

-Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging. ~Unknown

-Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional. ~Unknown

-He who dies with the most toys is still dead. ~Unknown

-Wisdom has two parts: 1) Having a lot to say, 2) not saying it. ~Unknown

-Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened. ~Unknown

-Some people DREAM of success, others WAKE UP and work for it. ~Unknown

-Nothing would give up life: even the dirt kept breathing a small breath. ~some bk I can't remember which-actually i read it from a TAKS reading assignment oddly enough haha

-"But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?" "Yes, I guess you're right." ~the Scarecrow and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz

-Everyone has a photographic memory, some people just don't have any film. ~Unknown

-The fool says 'don't put all you eggs in one basket'; the wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and guards that basket closely. ~Warren Buffet

-Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ~Mark Twain

-If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. ~Anatole France

-Ned: Why are you still talking?
Emerson: I'm rippin' off the Bandaid!
Ned: I'm not a ripper, I pull up a corner a little at a time and then run it under warm water and I pull it up a little more. It's a process. ~from an episode of Pushing Daisies

-The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do. ~Harold Coffin

-The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. ~from John Milton's Paradise Lost

-The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it can not be changed without changing our thinking. ~Albert Einstein

-Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ~Albert Einstein

-Music is the universal language of mankind. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

-Love all, trust few, do wrong to no one. ~Shakespeare

-Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. ~John Lennon

-Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity

to use any of the others. ~Samuel Johnson

-When all think alike, no one is thinking very much. ~Walter Lippmann

-The mere sense of living is joy enough. ~Emily Dickinson

-Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~Abraham Lincoln

-Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tired is the true failure. ~George Edward Woodberry

-Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. ~Andre Gide

-All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. ~Charles Schulz

-Life can only be understood backwards, but it has to be lived forwards. ~Soren Kierkegaard

-I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. ~Mrs. Jennifer Gunn my 10th and 11th grade english teacher

-I could talk and sing; I could laugh and weep; I could reason and remember; I could love and hate. I was human. ~Frederick Douglass

-The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time

and still retain the ability to function. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

-Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. ~Alice Walker

-It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. ~Mark Twain

-Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and astonish the rest. ~Mark Twain

-Nothing is a waste of time if you apply it correctly. ~Unknown

-Humor is just another defense against the universe. ~Mel Brooks

-We wake, if we ever wake at all, to mystery, rumors, of death, beauty, violence. ~Annie Dillard

-The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. ~John Milton's Paradise Lost

-Better to reign in Hell than to serve Heaven. ~John Milton's Paradise Lost

-Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. ~John Adams

-To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach. ~Havelock Ellis

-Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once. ~Lillian Dickson

-One time I had a cactus, and then it died. And I was like, "Dang, I'm less nurturing than a desert" ~Dimitri Martin

-You're gonna sleep NOW? Conference is OVER! ~a certain cousin of mine (S. S.leep during conference not after J.)

-Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it is actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. ~Bromin in "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini

-Living life is like eating a watermelon. You just have to take a bite no matter how many seeds you end up spitting out. ~me

-Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. ~George Carlin

-I feel like a cow in tall grass- tickled to be here! ~someone giving a talk in church

-It's Sunday, it's not supposed to be fun!!! ~Zane Crider : )

-We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. ~Mother Teresa

-Life in Lubbock, Texas taught me two things: 1) God loves you and you are going to burn in Hell; 2) sex is the most awful, filthy thing on Earth and you should save it for someone you love. ~Butch Hancock

-What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson 

-From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own. ~Publius Syrus
-Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with sharpeners on the back. ~John Mayer
-Just be content and CUDDLE! ~Sara O'Dell :)
-Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded. ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 
-Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. ~Norman Vincent Peale
-When health is absent: wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless. ~Herophilies, 300 B.C.
-Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
-By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ~Benjamin Franklin
-Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt
-Without music, life would be a mistake.  ~Friedrich Nietzsche
-I'll give you a hug AND some money, but they'd be unrelated; wouldn't want you do think I'm paying you for a hug like some kind of hug prostitute or something. ~Sam Cuellar (haha thanks :) )
-Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you anywhere. ~Albert Einstein
-Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.  ~Albus Dumbledore
-The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. ~Marcus Aurelius
-If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. ~Albert Einstein
-Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. (Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton)
-We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~Frederick Keonig
-You can't always have everything, but you can always make the best of what you have. ~Unknown
-Stop for a moment in your pursuit of happiness and just be happy. ~Unknown
-To reach a goal never before attained, one must do things never before done. ~Elder Richard G. Scott
-Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~Albert Einstein