“It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and more forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we live worthy of the blessings, He will hear our prayers.”
– Gordon B. Hinckley
“There is no Latter-Day Saint who dies after having lived a faithful life who will lose anything because of having failed to do certain things when opportunities were not furnished him or her. In other words, if a young man or a young woman has no opportunity of getting married, and they live faithful lives up to the time of their death, they will have all blessings, exaltation, and glory that any man or woman will have who had this opportunity and improved it. That is sure and positive.”
– Lorenzo Snow
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
– Mahatma Gandhi*
“Trust in God. Hold on to His love. Know that one day the dawn will break bright, and all shadows of mortality will flee.”
– Jeffrey R. Holland
Speaking of the youth: “They will see many events transpire in the course of their lifetime. Some of these shall tax their courage and extend their faith. But if they seek prayerfully for help and guidance, they shall be given power over adverse things . . . The moral values upon which civilization itself must depend spiral downward at an ever-increasing pace. Nevertheless, I do not fear the future.”
– Boyd K. Packer
“The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead and remember that faith is always pointed toward the future.”
– Jeffrey R. Holland
“Though the storm clouds may gather, though the rains may pour down upon us, our knowledge of the gospel and our love of our Heavenly Father and of our Savior will comfort and sustain us and bring joy to our hearts as we walk uprightly and keep the commandments. There will be nothing in this world that can defeat us. My beloved brothers and sisters, fear not. Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith.”
– Thomas S. Monson
“Stay on the course. Keep your covenants. Continue forward until the time when the Lord’s blessings will come to you.”
– Boyd K. Packer
“Though we may not understand why certain things happen or why certain prayers go unanswered, we can know that in the end everything will make sense.”
– Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
– Christopher Columbus
