As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

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"The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

Awareness

"Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

Compassion

"The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

Compassion

"There is no limit to the potential of brethren working together in complete brotherhood and selflessness toward spiritual goals. The power of God working through such channels will bring unimaginable blessings to all concerned."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

Teamwork

"We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

Faith

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"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

- Joshua J. Marine

Adversity

"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."

- Epicurus

Adversity

"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Adversity

"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."

- Jesse Owens

Adversity

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

- Frederick Douglass

Adversity