QUOTES
"Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
--Pres. Nelson Mandela, 1994 Inaugural Speech
"The destiny of man and of nations is always being decided. Is it not time that God sent out a great army to revive a dying world? We may not be responsible for past generations, but we cannot escape the full responsibility of this one, our time has come. And though we may not remember this hour, this commitment, we must not fail. When in doubt, we must look upward, when we fall we must seek mercy, for this is our charge, our privilege, our sacred duty: to gather our brothers and sisters, and Return With Honor.
Sent from a world full of light, with angels and truth on your side, you're soldiers at war till the end. Our Captain will lead you to win. Always, be faithful always to God's command. Soul, heart and hand – Return With Honor chosen ones, children of promise. Your time has come. Of Royal Father, so go and Return With Honor. Saved for this moment in time, to carry His banner and hold up His light. United in purpose we march, defending this truth is our charge. Onward, forever onward to God's command. Soul, heart and hand. True to the faith that our parents have cherished. True to the truth for which martyrs have perished. We'll find the ones who were saved for this purpose, together we will stand. Our Father, we pledge to Return With Honor.
You have come in the final days. An all knowing God has held you in reserve for nearly 6,000 years. Make no mistake about it, you are a marked generation. Your birth at this particular time was foreordained. God has saved for the final inning an army. You must be prepared to meet your God. Oh youth of the noble birthright. You are part of the Lord's Royal Army. There are things for each of you to do, that no one else can do."
--Kenneth Cope,
Return With Honor,
EFY
Speaking of these latter days and our foreordained missions, President
Ezra Taft Benson said: "For nearly six thousand years, God has held you
in reserve to make your appearance in the final days before the second
coming of the Lord. Every previous gospel dispensation has drifted into
apostasy, but ours will not...God has saved for the final inning some of
the strongest children, who will help is where you come in, for you are
the generation that must be preapared to meet your God.
"All through the ages the prophets have looked down through the
corridors of time to our day. Billions of the deceased and those yet to
be born have their eyes on us. Make no mistake about it -- you are a
marked generation. There has never been more expected of the faithful
in such a short period of time as there is of us. Never before on the
face of this earth have the forces of evil and the forces of good been
as well organized."
--"In his steps," In Speeches of the Year, 1979, Provo: BYU Press, 1980,
p.59
"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal, is going to waste a lot of
time running around shouting that he's been robbed. The fact is that
most putts don't drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be
just people, most successful marriages required a high degree of mutual
toleration, most jobs are more often dull htan otherwise. Life is like
an old-time rail journey...delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders and
jolts, intersperesed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling
bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have
the ride."
--Gordon B. Hinckley
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