G.C. Droplets April 1975 -The Sanctity of Life

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad. -James E. Faust (quoting William Shakespeare)

G.C. Droplets April 1975 -The Sanctity of Life

One human life is as precious as a million lives, for each is infinite in value. -James E. Faust (quoting Rabbit Immanuel Jakobovits)

G.C. Droplets April 1975 -The Sanctity of Life

He who saves one life is as if he had saved an entire world. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets April 1975 -Faithful Laborers

Is it not time that we listen to a prophet's voice? Is it not time that we lengthen our stride? Is it not time that we teach the gospel of the kingdom to the world, to our neighbor? -Loren C. Dunn

G.C. Droplets April 2011 -Become as a Little Child

If we have a heart to learn and a willingness to follow the example of children, their divine attributes can hold a key to unlocking our own spiritual growth. -Jean A. Stevens

G.C. Droplets April 2011 -Become as a Little Child

Home is a place where we can all learn and grow together. -Jean A. Stevens

G.C. Droplets April 2011 -Become as a Little Child

We cannot see our Heavenly Father, but we can listen for His voice to give us the strength we need to endure the challenges of life. -Jean A. Stevens

G.C. Droplets April 2011 -Become as a Little Child

[Children] are often the first to love and the first to forgive. -Jean A. Stevens

G.C. Droplets April 1975 -The Laws of God Are Blessings

Observance of law brings harmony, peace, order; while without observance of law there is found confusion, and sorrow, remorse, failure. -ElRay L. Christiansen

G.C. Droplets April 1975 -The Laws of God Are Blessings

The laws of God are not given to us to burden us or to handicap us. They are not impositions. They are statues through which, if observed, the purpose of life and existence is to be realized. -ElRay L. Christiansen

G.C. Droplets April 1975 -Using Our Free Agency

Be aware and warned of the subtle workings of Satan, for he never stops trying to lead us astray. -Delbert L. Stapley

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Forget Me Not

Seek out the majesty, the beauty, and the exhilarating joy of the "why" of the gospel of Jesus Christ. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Forget Me Not

Never stop striving for the best that is within you. Never stop hoping for all of the righteous desires of your heart. But don't close your eyes and hearts to the simple and elegant beauties of each day's ordinary moments that make up a rich, well-lived life. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Forget Me Not

Forget not to be happy now. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Forget Me Not

Every person and situation is different, and a good sacrifice in one instance might be a foolish sacrifice in another. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Forget Me Not

If you consider success to be only the most perfect rose or dazzling orchid, you may miss some of life's sweetest experiences. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Forget Me Not

Many of you are endlessly compassionate and patient with the weaknesses of others. Please remember also to be compassionate and patient with yourself. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Forget Me Not

God wants to help us to eventually turn all of our weaknesses into strengths, but He knows that this is a long-term goal. ... It's OK that you're not quite there yet, Keep working on it, but stop punishing yourself. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Forget Me Not

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. It's wonderful that you have strengths. And it is part of your mortal experience that you do have weaknesses. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Forget Me Not

Forget not to be patient with yourself. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets April 1975 -Trust in the Lord

History as usually written is quite different from history as usually lived. -Marion D. Hanks

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Cleave unto the Covenants

Thou through thy faithfulness shalt have great power and the destroyer shall flee from before thee because of thy righteousness. -Barbara Thompson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Cleave unto the Covenants

The destroyer has sought to destroy thee, but if thou wilt cleave unto thy God, he [the destroyer] shall not have power to harm thee. -Barbara Thompson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Charity Never Faileth

Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are. It is looking beyond physical appearances to attributes that will not dim through time. It is resisting the impulse to categorize others. -Silvia H. Allred (quoting Thomas S. Monson)

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Charity Never Faileth

Charity is not a single act or something we give away but a state of being, a state of the heart, kind feelings that engender loving actions. -Silvia H. Allred

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Charity Never Faileth

As you increase in innocence and virtue, as you increase in goodness, let your hearts expand--let them be enlarged toward others--you must be longsuffering and bear with the faults and errors of mankind. -Silvia H. Allred (quoting Joseph Smith)

G.C. Droplets April 1975 -Testimony

No good thing comes without effort and sacrifice. -O. Leslie Stone

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -What I Hope My Granddaughters (and Grandsons) Will Understand About Relief Society

True ministry is measured more by the depth of our charity than by the perfection of our statistics. -Julie B. Beck

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Until We Meet Again

I express my gratitude for your willingness to serve in the positions to which you are called, whatever they may be. Each is important in furthering the work of the Lord. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Songs They Could Not Sing

The refiner's fire is real, and qualities of character and righteousness that are forged in the furnace of affliction perfect and purify us and prepare us to meet God. -Quentin L. Cook

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Songs They Could Not Sing

We are unaware of hosts of blessings that we receive from day to day. It is extremely important that we have a spirit of gratitude in our hearts. -Quentin L. Cook

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Songs They Could Not Sing

While we do not know all the answers, we do know important principles that allow us to face tragedies with faith and confidence that there is a bright future planned for each of us. -Quentin L. Cook

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Songs They Could Not Sing

There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. -Quentin L. Cook (quoting Marion D. Hanks)

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Songs They Could Not Sing

Agency is essential for individual spiritual growth and development. -Quentin L. Cook

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -My Personal Hall of Fame

In the interior of our consciousness, each of us has a private hall of fame reserved exclusively for the real leaders who have influenced the direction of our lives. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Blessings of Peace

Are you shutting out of your life the peace and security you so much desire because you're filled with worries, doubts and concerns? -Franklin D. Richards

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Blessings of Peace

If you want peace, yours is the responsibility to obtain it. -Franklin D. Richards (quoting David O. McKay)

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Blessings of Peace

There can be no real happiness without peace, yet honest men and women in all parts of the world are seeking personal peace and know not where to find it. -Franklin D. Richards

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Choose Eternal Life

Your eternal destiny will not be the result of chance but of choice. It is never too late to begin to choose eternal life! -Randall K. Bennett

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Choose Eternal Life

The longer we delay corrective action, the larger the needed changes become, and the longer it takes to get back on the correct course--even to the point where a disaster might be looming. -Randall K. Bennett (quoting Dieter F. Uchtdorf))

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Choose Eternal Life

We all face adversity. We all have temptations. We all have made mistakes. It is never too hard or too late to make correct choices. -Randall K. Bennett

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Choose Eternal Life

We cannot successfully choose both the safety of righteousness and the dangers of worldliness. -Randall K. Bennett

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Blessings of Peace

The Lord will take care of our needs and help us overcome those things that worry us when we do our part, put our faith and trust in him, and concern ourselves with serving him by serving our fellowmen. -Franklin D. Richards

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Missionaries Are a Treasure of the Church

Your attitudes and the love that you show toward others are very significant messages. -Kazuhiko Yamashita

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Teaching after the Manner of the Spirit

Those who teach after the manner of the Spirit understand they teach people, not lessons. -Matthew O. Richardson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Teaching after the Manner of the Spirit

While we are all teachers, we must fully realize that it is the Holy Ghost who is the real teacher and witness of all truth. -Matthew O. Richardson

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Teaching after the Manner of the Spirit

A real life requires real learning, which depends on real teaching. -Matthew O. Richardson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Teaching after the Manner of the Spirit

A key to becoming real in every aspect of our lives is our ability to teach in a way that does not restrict learning. -Matthew O. Richardson

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -A City Set Upon a Hill

The candle which the Lord has lighted in this dispensation can become as a light unto the whole world. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

I have a positive conviction that God is a reality--that he lives. He is our Heavenly Father, and we are his spiritual children. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

Science has done marvelous things for man, but it cannot accomplish the things he must do for himself, the greatest of which is to find the reality of God. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

Faith is the primary tool in the realm of religion, and it is also the tool of the scientist. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

It is just as reasonable to believe in an unseen God, in a literal resurrection, or in the miracles of the things pertaining to the spiritual as it is to believe in some of the discoveries in the field of the physical sciences. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

Faith gives the knowledge that what we see in the wonders of the earth and in all nature was created by God. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

Those who earnestly seek for God do not see him, but they know of his reality by faith. It is more than hope. Faith makes it a conviction--an evidence of things not seen. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

Faith makes us confident of what we hope for and convinced of what we do not see. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

Whether seeking for knowledge of scientific truths or to discover God, one must have faith. This becomes the starting point. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

He who makes no effort to learn of the existence of Deity will, in this life, likely not learn there is a Deity. But his ignorance does not warrant him in declaring there is no God. -Howard W. Hunter (quoting Joseph F. Merrill)

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

As important as scientific research may be, the greatest quest is a search for God-to determine his reality, his personal attributes, and to secure a knowledge of the gospel of his Son Jesus Christ. It is not easy to find a perfect understanding of God. The search requires persistent effort, and there are some who never move themselves to pursue this knowledge. In place of making the struggle and effort to understand, they follow the opposite course, which requires no effort, and deny his existence. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -To Know God

Scientific research is an endeavor to ascertain truth, and the same principles which are applied to that pursuit are used in the quest to establish the truth of religion as well. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Covenants

Committed children of the covenant remain steadfast, even in the midst of adversity. When that doctrine is deeply implanted in our hearts, even the sting of death is soothed and our spiritual stamina is strengthened. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Truth Will Emerge Victorious

Faith is a belief in testimony. It is not a leap in the dark. God does not ask any man to believe without giving him something to believe in. -John H. Vandenberg (quoting D. L. Moody)

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Truth Will Emerge Victorious

Truth is forever on the scaffold and wrong is on the throne. -John H. Vandenberg (quoting James Russell Lowell)

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Stand in Holy Places

The storms will still beat at our doors from time to time, for they are an inescapable part of our existence in mortality. We, however, will be far better equipped to deal with them, to learn from them, and to overcome them if we have the gospel at our core and the love of the Savior in our hearts. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -"For Thy Servant Heareth"

As they have had faith, they have received wisdom. -S. Dilworth Young

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Love Her Mother

Your personal purity will give you power. -Elaine S. Dalton

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Love Her Mother

By being a guardian of virtue in your own life, you are showing others what true love really is. -Elaine S. Dalton

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Why Is My Boy Wandering Tonight?

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself. The height of man's success is gauged by his self-mastery, the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment ... and this law is the expression of eternal justice. -N. Eldon Tanner (quoting Da Vinci)

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Why Is My Boy Wandering Tonight?

We need strong leaders of good character in all places--leaders who are examples of integrity, dependability, and righteousness. -N. Eldon Tanner

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Why Is My Boy Wandering Tonight?

Those who keep on the straight and narrow path and realize that detours are very dangerous are those who succeed in life and enjoy self-realization and achievement. -N. Eldon Tanner

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Davids and the Goliaths

Remember that those who climb to high places did not always have it easy. -Spencer W. Kimball

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Davids and the Goliaths

Regardless of your present age, you are building your life; it will be cheap and shoddy or it will be valuable and beautiful; it will be full of constructive activities or it can be destructive; it can be full of joy and happiness, or it can be full of misery. It all depends upon you and your attitudes, for your altitude, or the height you climb is dependent upon your attitude or your response to situations. -Spencer W. Kimball

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Davids and the Goliaths

We who are in positions of authority must be careful indeed, because others watch us and find in us their examples. -Spencer W. Kimball

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Waiting upon the Lord: Thy Will Be Done

Waiting upon the Lord gives us a priceless opportunity to discover that there are many who wait upon us. -Robert D. Hales

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Waiting upon the Lord: Thy Will Be Done

In my life I have learned that sometimes I do not receive an answer to a prayer because the Lord knows I am not ready. -Robert D. Hales

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Davids and the Goliaths

We are not measured by the trials we meet, only by those we overcome. -Spencer W. Kimball

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Davids and the Goliaths

Be glad there are big hurdles in life and rejoice, too, that they are higher than most people care to surmount. Be happy they are numerous. It is those hurdles that give you a chance to work your way to the front of the crowd. They as your friends. For if it were not for high hurdles, many men might be able to outrun you. -Spencer W. Kimball

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -The Davids and the Goliaths

You will make your life what you want it to be. -Spencer W. Kimball

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Our Responsibility to the Transgressor

As we keep our covenants we will be happy, more successful, loved, and respected even by those who do not believe as we do and who may ridicule us. -N. Eldon Tanner

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Dare to Stand Alone

You cannot afford to do anything that would place a curtain between you and the ministering of angels in your behalf. -Thomas S. Monson (quoting Gordon B. Hinckley)

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Dare to Stand Alone

Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose firm; Dare to make it known. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Dare to Stand Alone

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. -Thomas S. Monson (Quoting Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Dare to Stand Alone

We live in a time when we are surrounded by much that is intended to entice us into paths which may lead to our destruction. To avoid such paths requires determination and courage. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Preparation in the Priesthood: "I Need Your Help"

Power comes from working past the point where others would have taken a rest. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Preparation in the Priesthood: "I Need Your Help"

See beyond the reality of who you were to the possibilities that lie inside. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -As a Beacon on a Hill

Remember, the brightest light and the clearest signal come from the cleanest instrument. -H. Burke Peterson

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -As a Beacon on a Hill

There will be those whose life's pattern will be as a beacon on a hill, as a lighthouse in a storm. There will be those who others will look to for strength and guidance. You can be that ray of hope to those around you, especially to your own. -H. Burke Peterson

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -As a Beacon on a Hill

There is no right way to do something wrong. -H. Burke Peterson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Providing in the Lord's Way

There is no one-size-fits-all answer in Church welfare. It is a self-help program where individuals are responsible for personal self-reliance. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Providing in the Lord's Way

The Lord's way is not to sit at the side of the stream and wait for the water to pass before we cross. It is to come together, roll up our sleeves, go to work, and build a bridge or a boat to cross the waters of our challenges. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Providing in the Lord's Way

Too often we notice the needs around us, hoping that someone from far away will magically appear to meet those needs. Perhaps we wait for experts with specialized knowledge to solve specific problems. ... While there is nothing wrong with experts, let's face it: there will never be enough of them to solve all the problems. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Providing in the Lord's Way

While it is important to have our thoughts inclined toward heaven, we miss the essence of our religion if our hands are not also inclined toward our fellowman. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Do Not Despair

How sweet the voice of a friend is; one token of friendship from any source whatever awakens and calls into action every sympathetic feeling. -Ezra Taft Benson (quoting Thomas S. Monson)

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Do Not Despair

Work is our blessing, not our doom. God has a work to do, and so should we. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Opporunity of a LIfetime

Like Helaman's 2,000 stripling warriors, you also are the spirit sons [and daughters] of God, and you too can be endowed with power to build up and defend His kingdom. -W. Christopher Waddell

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Opportunity of a Lifetime

Missionary work is difficult. It taxes one's energies, it strains one's capacity, it demands one's best effort. ... No other labor requires longer hours or greater devotion or such sacrifice and fervent prayer. -W. Christopher Waddell (quoting Thomas S. Monson)

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Power of the Aaronic Priesthood

The call of duty can come quietly as we who hold the priesthood respond to the assignments we receive. -Keth B. McMullin (quoting Thomas S. Monson)

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Transfusion

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the best light that I have. I will stand with anyone when he stands right and I will part from him when he goes wrong. -Sterling W. Sill (Quoting Abraham Lincoln)

G.C. Droplets October 1974 -Transfusion

Hearts can inspire other hearts with its fire. -Sterling W. Sill (Quoting Oscar Hammerstein)

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -We Are All Enlisted

You cannot play for the adversary whenever temptation comes along and then expect to suit up for the Savior as if nothing has happened. -Jeffrey R. Holland

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -We Are All Enlisted

[Satan's] effort to stop the work will be reasonably well served if he can just bind the tongue of the faithful. -Jeffrey R. Holland

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -Perfect Love Casteth Out Fear

Our tone, whether speaking or writing, should be respectful and civil, regardless of the response of others. -L. Tom Perry

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Divine Gift of Repentance

Repentance is a divine gift, and there should be a smile on our faces when we speak of it. It points us to freedom, confidence, and peace. Rather than interrupting the celebration, the gift of repentance is the cause for true celebration. -D. Todd Christofferson

G.C. Droplets October 2011 -The Divine Gift of Repentance

Pretending there is no sin does not lessen its burden and pain. Suffering for sin does not by itself change anything for the better. Only repentance leads to the sunlit uplands of a better life. -D. Todd Christofferson