The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.

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"The warrior fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."

- G.K. Chesterton

Love

"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourists sees what he has come to see."

- G.K. Chesterton

Awareness

"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see."

- G.K. Chesterton

Awareness

"The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes."

- G.K. Chesterton

Transformation

"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but that we should have a new soul."

- G.K. Chesterton

Transformation

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"In a sense, your small and simple sacrifices are the dots of daily living that make up the masterpiece painting of your life. You may not see how the dots connect now, and you don’t need to yet. Simply have faith enough for the moment you are living in now. Trust in God, and ‘out of small things [will come] that which is great’ [Doctrine and Covenants 64:33]."

- Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Faith

"With God all things are possible."

Faith

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."

Faith

"Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.’"

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"Jesus answered, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’"

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