“I’ll never be upset if you aim high and miss, but I’ll always be upset if you aim low and hit.”
"Your father loves you far more than you know. I want what is best for you both, and I want you to do great things in life."
- Thomas Griffin
Love
"People like to think they are rational. They are not, and neither are you. The more deeply you understand this, the better you will understand how the world works."
- Thomas Griffin
Awareness
"Don’t fool yourself. People waste away their precious lives because they cannot bear to accept reality as it is."
- Thomas Griffin
Awareness
"Success is not final, and failure is not fatal. Respect both, and don’t become too heavily attracted to either."
- Thomas Griffin
Balance
"Don’t fight tomorrow’s battles with today’s strength."
- Thomas Griffin
Balance
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition