In the 8th grade I decided that I was going to ace my French Final. Getting A’s on tests was not a new experience for me; but this was a tough class and I knew that if I really wanted to meet that goal I’d have to study – not a norm for me. For… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Miss Liss
quotable quotes: goal completion
[image "Jump! Jump!" by TuTuWoN] And when it is all over and the victory is yours, and the smoke clears away and the smell of the powder is dissipated, and you bury the friendships that died because they could not stand the strain, and you nurse back the wounded and faint-hearted who loyally stood by… Continue Reading
quotable quotes: snow
[image courtesy Irish Times] Fine snow falling flake by flake. Each flake falls in its own proper place. – Ho Koji Catch up with Miss Liss at Bee Nymph’s File Box or The Fascinating Woman, based on Fascinating Womanhood.… Continue Reading
quotable quotes: what Christmas is all about
From the New Testament: And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear… Continue Reading
quotable quotes: suffering
[image "Overcome with Emotion" courtesy joits] Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. ~ Helen Keller Catch up with Miss Liss at Bee Nymph’s File Box or The Fascinating Woman, based on Fascinating Womanhood.… Continue Reading
quotable quotes: delighting in the Lord
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Psalms 37:4 Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my heart pondereth continually upon the things which I have seen and heard. 2 Nephi 4:16 Catch up with Miss Liss at Bee Nymph’s File Box… Continue Reading
quotable quotes: meekness
Some of the company thought I was not a very meek Prophet; so I told them: ‘I am meek and lowly in heart,’ (quoting Matt 11:29) and will personify Jesus for a moment, to illustrate the principle, and cried out with a loud voice, ‘Woe unto you, ye doctors; woe unto you, ye lawyers; woe… Continue Reading
quotable quotes: character
This brought a smile to me. Seen on Sweaters and Squids – take note other entries on this blog are more, uh, edgy. Catch up with Miss Liss at Bee Nymph’s File Box or The Fascinating Woman, based on Fascinating Womanhood.… Continue Reading
quotable quotes: company of conscience
Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company we like and keep, so nothing foretells futurity like the thoughts over which we brood. … To have the approval of your conscience when you are alone with your thoughts is like being… Continue Reading
quotable quotes: happiness
Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God. ~Pres. Joseph Smith Jr. [Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, ed. Joseph Fielding Smith (1970), 255–256]… Continue Reading