202 Quotes by Richard G. Scott

Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings . . . select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you enjoy life. It engenders a spirit of gratitude.

Worthy character is best forged from a life of consistent, correct choices centered in the teachings of the Master.

But a testimony is not emotion. It is the very essence of character woven from threads born of countless correct decisions. These choices are made with trusting faith in things that are believed and, at least initially, are not seen.

You cannot be passive in life, or in time the natural man will undermine your efforts to live worthily. You become what you do and what you think about. Lack of character leads one under pressure to satisfy appetite or seek personal gain. You cannot successfully bolster a weak character with the cloak of pretense.

We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day.

Be grateful that your righteous life molds you so that you don’t fit where you don’t belong

Repeatedly I have been impressed to learn that to reach a goal never before attained, one must do things never before done.

Our Heavenly Father did not put us on earth to fail but to succeed gloriously.

Write down in a secure place the important things you learn from the Spirit. You will find that as you write down precious impressions, often more will come. Also, the knowledge you gain will be available throughout your life. Always, day or night, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, seek to recognize and respond to the direction of the Spirit.