Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it's a cinch. Decisions Determine Destiny.
Interpretation
Life can feel overwhelming when viewed in large measures, but it becomes manageable when approached step by step.
This quote highlights the importance of breaking down life's challenges into smaller, more manageable parts. By addressing issues inch by inch, they become less daunting, and our decisions play a critical role in shaping our future, reminding us that our choices ultimately determine the trajectory of our lives.
In practice
During a motivational speech to students about managing stress and anxiety in their lives.
Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove ourselves worthy to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father. In order for us to be tested, we must face challenges and difficulties. These can break us, and the surface of our souls may crack and crumble-that is, if our foundations of faith, our testimonies of truth are not deeply embedded within us.
We are never alone when we stand with our Father in Heaven.
Things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us.
The face of sin today often wears the mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind that facade is heartache, unhappiness and pain. .. YOU be the one to make a stand for right, even if you stand alone. Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow.
Gracias, danke, merci - whatever language is spoken, "thank you" frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and lift your lives to a higher pathway as you journey toward perfection. There is a simplicity - even a sincerity - when "thank you" is spoken.
No member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has canned peas, topped beets, hauled hay, shoveled coal, or helped in any way to serve others ever forgets or regrets the experience of helping provide for those in need.
The point is not how long you meditate; the point is whether the practice actually brings you to a certain state of mindfulness and presence, where you are a little open and able to connect with your heart essence. And five minutes of wakeful sitting practice is of far greater value than twenty minutes of dozing!
Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity - suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be at heart nothing more or less than a superior capacity for dissatisfaction.
I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection.
Twenty-four hours a day one looks for contentment in eight different directions but one must also explore the ninth place, which is to their own body and contemplate within. Within the body are the nine treasures of the Name of the Lordβseek the depths of these virtues. Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord and become true devotees
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