“I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument
while the song I came to sing remains unsung.”

― Rabindranath Tagore

"Love...cannot be expected to last forever unless it is continually fed with portions of love, the manifestations of esteem and admiration, the expressions of gratitude, and the consideration of unselfishness." -President Spencer W. Kimball
When my husband and i were engaged we came across this quote in an Ensign. We were so in love and so desired for those feelings of love to last forever.  When we read this we really took to heart his counsel and hoped that we would continue to act on it when we were married. It is definitely a good reminder and inspired counsel from a prophet of God. 

Excerpts from the biography of Eric Liddell(the gold medalist who refused to run on sundays...the man who the movie "Chariots of Fire" was made after...."He wasn't a great leader or inspired thinker, but he knew what he ought to do and he did it...Eric is the most remarkable example in my experience of a man of average ability and talents developing those talents to an amazing degree, and even appearing to acquire new talents from time to time, through the power of the Holy Spirit. He was, literally, God-controlled..."

Do I really need to comment on this one?!

Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity. -Margaret D. Nadauld

"A Friend Knows the Song in My Heart and Sings it to Me When My Memory Fails." -unknown

I've loved this quote for a long time. I feel so blessed to have such great friends. They not only remind me of who i am but who i want to be too. When i was in high school my mom said she never worried about me when i was out with my friends because they were such a great group of friends, and a great influence in my life. 

"The test, then, of our soul's greatness is rather to be sought in our ability to comfort and console, our ability to help others, rather than our ability to help ourselves and crowd others down in the struggle of life." -Joseph F. Smith

This quote is always a good reminder to me about what life is really about. I was reminded of that today when i took our baby for her 6 month check up and our two year old daughter and three year old son to get their flu shots. Instead of feeling like we were a burden with all 3 kids in tow, we were welcomed with open arms by a kind nurse that instead of sticking us in an exam room and shutting the door, she stayed with us and got us settled in and made us all feel welcomed. Then the doctor came and remembered us from over 6 months ago when he last saw our baby(he is not our regular doctor but just happened to be on-call when she was born) He took the time to talk to the kids and get to know them at their level so they felt comfortable. It turned out to be such a positive experience which we were all grateful for because we had been dreading this visit!!!