Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Gordon B. Hinckley's book Standing For Something
-Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me
-One of the greatest challenges we face in our hurried, self directed lives is to follow this counsel of the Master, to take the time and make the effort to care for others, to develop and exercise the one quality that would enable us to change the lives of others-what the scriptures call charity. We tend to think charity as donations to a homeless shelter or a check written to a favorite instution that dispenses funds to those in need. But best defined, charity is that pure love exemplified by Jesus Christ. It embraces kindness, a reaching out to lift and help, the sharing of one's bread, if need be.
-Tremendous happiness and peace of mind are the results of loving service to others. Nobody can live fully and happily who lives only unto himself or herself.
-It is as we serve, as we take time to express interest and concern in someone other than ourselves, that we are more likely to gain a glimpse of who we really are and what we can ultimately become.
-In our day, those found in dishonesty aren't put to death, but something within them dies. Conscience chokes, character withers, self-respect vanishes, integrity dies. How cheaply some men and omen sell their good names!
-Without honesty, our lives dissintegrate into ugliness, chaos, and a lack of any kind of security and confidence.
-Without personal integrity, there can be no confidence. Without confidence, there can be no prospect of permanent success.
-Honesty is the keystone that holds any organization together.
-Dishonesty does not pay-not now, not ever.

Just some things that stuck out to me while reading. Not finished yet, there will be more to come :)