"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."
- Chinese Proverb
Education
"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still."
- Chinese Proverb
Perseverance
"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses."
- Chinese Proverb
Generosity
"A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom."
- Chinese Proverb
Courage
"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."
- Chinese Proverb
Personal Growth
"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"No one is beyond redemption."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."
- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Hope
"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."
- Cormac McCarthy
Hope
"Light tomorrow with today."
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hope