Let's Do It!

In the past 2 years I've used this blog as just an archive of my favorite quotes, but as of now I have THREE goals I want to accomplish this semester (and perhaps continue to do- but I'm starting with a semester) and I think a good way to stay motivated is to record how I'm doing :)

ONE: Restaurants

I have this idea that instead of visiting the same restaurants over and over again, I want to eat at all the restaurants in my area at least once. The fast food joints, the chain restaurants, and the hole in the wall's. I'll keep track of the places I've visited and perhaps give a review of whether I'd consider going back.

TWO: Cooking

My roommate and I have decided that starting once a week we will prepare a legit meal. Both of us do not have much practice in the art of cooking, so it should be an adventure :) We'll decide on the recipe for the week, buy the ingredients, and prepare the meal. I'll keep progress of how it goes concerning our cooking skills and the recipes we use.

THREE: Walking

My roommate and I are not the athletic types, but feel we want to be active in some way to keep ourselves healthy. We have decided to walk at least 3 times a week (start with small goals). This might move up to more times in the week, we might alternate between walking in the morning and walking at night, or we might move up to jogging or biking. We'll just try to keep it up and see where time takes us :) . This semester I'll be taking a swimming and a scuba diving advanced rescue course, and I walk/bike to all my classes already, but adding an additional time of day for exercise I think will be a good thing.

Wish me luck! :)

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