Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

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"Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening."

- Walter Scott

Awareness

"It will, we’ll keep our Christmas merry still."

- Walter Scott

Happiness

"If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors."

- Walter Scott

Insight

""If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.""

- Walter Scott

Insight

"We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt."

- Walter Scott

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"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."

- Max DePree

Growth

"How marvelous is the generation with which you deal. We have never had a generation its equal in all of the history of the Church. They are better educated. They are more familiar with the scriptures. I believe they pray with a greater measure of faith, have a greater desire to do the will of the Lord, are more active in the Church, go into the world as better prepared missionaries, and live to become better parents."

- President Gordon B. Hinckley

Growth

"Allow yourself the opportunity to get uncomfortable."

- Alex Toussaint

Growth

"All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone."

- Tony Robbins

Growth

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

- Mary Tyler Moore

Growth