G.C. Droplets April 1989 -Beware of Pride

Pride is the great stumbling block to Zion. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets April 1989 -Beware of Pride

Let us choose to be humble. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets April 1989 -Beware of Pride

The antidote for pride is humility--meekness, submissiveness. It is the broken heart and contrite spirit. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets April 1989 -Beware of Pride

Pride is the universal sin, the great vice. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets April 1989 -Beware of Pride

The proud stand more in fear of men's judgement than of God's judgment. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets April 1989 -Beware of Pride

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. ... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone. -Ezra Taft Benson (quoting C.S. Lewis)

G.C. Droplets April 1989 -Beware of Pride

Our will in competition to God's will allows desires, appetites, and passions to go unbridled. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets April 1989 -Beware of Pride

Pride is essentially competitive in nature. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplet April 1989 -Beware of Pride

The central feature of pride is enmity--enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets April 1989 -Beware of Pride

In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride--it is always considered a sin. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Some Thoughts on Temples, Retention of Converts, and Missionary Service

Walk in the sunlight, strength, and virtue of self-control and of absolute integrity. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -To the Single Adult Sisters of the Church

Be thankful to the Lord for your blessings. Think more about what you do have than what you don't have. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -To the Single Adult Sisters of the Church

Time is numbered only to man. God has your eternal perspective in mind. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -To the Single Adult Sisters of the Church

Remember, you are not required to lower your standards in order to get a mate. -Ezra Taft Benson

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Home Teaching--a Divine Service

Above all, be a genuine friend. -Thomas S. Monson (quoting Ezra Taft Benson)

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Stand for Truth and Righteousness

I've made up my mind. I will keep plowing right through all the trials that Satan puts in my way. -Ardeth G. Kapp

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Stand for Truth and Righteousness

Once you make your decision to do what is right, you don't have to fight the battle with every temptation that presents itself every day. -Ardeth G. Kapp

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Stand for Truth and Righteousness

Right now each one of you can fight for the right on your own battlefield by making right choices about what you will do and what you won't do as you learn to listen to the promptings of the Spirit. -Ardeth G. Kapp

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Stand for Truth and Righteousness

You will never lose your courage unless you choose too. -Ardeth G. Kapp

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Stand for Truth and Righteousness

It takes courage to do what you know to be right even when it is hard, very hard. -Ardeth G. Kapp

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Stand for Truth and Righteousness

When you keep the commandments and follow the Savior's example, it's like holding up a light. Your good example helps others to find their way in a darkening world. -Ardeth G. Kapp

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Stand for Truth and Righteousness

I am not asking for perfection; I am asking for greater effort. -Ardeth G. Kapp (quoting Gordon B. Hinckley)

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Stand for Truth and Righteousness

Times change, but truth remains constant. -Ardeth G. Kapp

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Pioneers of the Future: "Be Not Afraid, Only Believe"

We can overcome all of our fears, not all at once, but one a ta time. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Pioneers of the Future: "Be Not Afraid, Only Believe"

If you take each challenge one step at a time, with faith in every footstep, your strength and understanding will increase. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Pioneers of the Future: "Be Not Afraid, Only Believe"

Believing requires action. If you prepare to walk down the path of life, you can be rewarded beyond your dreams and expectations. But to achieve this, you must work very hard, save, be wise, and be alert. -James E. Faust 

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Pioneers of the Future: "Be Not Afraid, Only Believe"

We should also believe in ourselves. -James E. Faust

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -I Will Follow God's Plan for Me

All of us will make mistakes in our lives, but although perfection is our ultimate destination, righteousness, or goodness, is the chariot to carry us there. -Michaelene P. Grassli

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -I Will Follow God's Plan for Me

The Lord has given you control of your life. I'm not saying that nothing bad will ever happen to you. You will not always be able to control what others may say or do, but you can control how you will react to them. -Michaelene P. Grassli

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -I Will Follow God's Plan for Me

Life does make sense because there is a plan--a plan by which we may have joy and be happy here on earth and eternally. -Michaelene P. Grassli

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -I Will Follow God's Plan for Me

Our Heavenly Father expects and intends for us to be happy. -Michaelene P. Grassli

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -"Behold the Man"

We are sons of our Heavenly Father and disciples of Jesus Christ. We act in 'faith, hope, charity, and love, with an eye single to the glory of God.' -Keith B. McMullin (quoting D&C 4:5)

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -"Behold the Man"

In the eyes of God, there is more power and authority in the hand of an Aaronic Priesthood bearer than there is among all of the world's rich, famous, and influential people. -Keith B. McMullin

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -"Behold the Man"

The gospel is imparted and received in two ways--one comes before the other. The first contains a lesser portion which prepares; thereafter comes the greater portion which fulfills. -Keith B. McMullin

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Becoming a Prepared People

Often the advice that is given by our prophets is so simple and practical that we overlook it and fail to heed it. -Barbara W. Winder

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Becoming a Prepared People

Keeping the commandments and following the words of the prophet may be the greatest preparation we can make for any eventuality to come.  -Barbara W. Winder

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Becoming a Prepared People

Qualities of spirituality do not come without effort. Like any other talent with which we are blessed, they must be constantly practiced. -Barbara W. Winder

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Becoming a Prepared People

It is because of our spiritual preparation that we can find joy in enduring and overcoming our trials. It is because of our spiritual preparation that we can feel the greatest joy of all, a nearness and closeness to our Savior and Father in Heaven. -Barbara W. Winder

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Standing for Truth and Right

Standing for truth and right is not solely a Sunday thing. -M. Russell Ballard

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Standing for Truth and Right

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is always the right thing to do. Always. -M. Russell Ballard

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -A Call to Serve

Our challenges are just as important as those of the past. Our testing is as crucial; our contributions may be as great. -David B. Haight

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Valued Companions

Love is the very essence of the gospel of Christ. -Joseph B. Wirthlin

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -A Celestial Connection to Your Teenage Years

Our futures are truly connected to our past. -Richard J. Maynes

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Children at Peace

It is important that we provide a favorable environment for spiritual growth and the peace that will accompany it. -Michaelene P. Grassli

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Children at Peace

The human spirit thrives on love, knowledge of its origin, and teachings of a spiritual nature. -Michaelene P. Grassli

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -The Home: A Refuge and Sanctuary

A virtuous life is built step by step, brick by brick. Beware of small sins that erode integrity. -Eran A. Call

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -The Home: A Refuge and Sanctuary

Live lives of virtue and integrity so you can sleep at night, knowing you have done your best with a conscience void of offense to anyone. -Eran A. Call

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -True Friends That Lift

He is your Father; pray to him. If your life is in disarray and you feel uncomfortable and unworthy to pray because you are not clean, don't worry. He already knows about all of that. He is waiting for you to kneel in humility and take the first few steps. -Richard G. Scott

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -The Lord Blesses His Children through Patriarchal Blessings

It should always be made clear that the realization of all promised blessings is conditioned upon faithfulness and the Lord's will. -Richard D. Allred

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -"Train Up a Child"

Today there are many problems in our society, and so many of these problems are symptoms of failure in the home. -L. Tom Perry

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -"Train Up a Child"

If you abdicate your responsibilities of teaching and training your children and then expect some other institution to pick up this responsibility and effect an immediate transformation, you expect what never was and never will be. -L. Tom Perry

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -"Train Up a Child"

The responsibility for training children rests primarily with the parents. -L. Tom Perry

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -In Remembrance of Jesus

We have not been left alone. We have the light of Christ and the Holy Ghost to lead and guide us in an otherwise very dark and dreary world. -Robert D. Hales

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -In Remembrance of Jesus

Light and darkness cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Where the light of Christ is found, the darkness of Lucifer, even Satan, must depart, defeated. May we follow the light and choose the right. -Robert D. Hales

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Hallmarks of a Happy Home

Prayer is the passport to spiritual power. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Hallmarks of a Happy Home

Happiness does not consist of a glut of luxury, the world's idea of a "good time." Nor must we search for it in faraway places with strange-sounding names. Happiness is found at home. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Hallmarks of a Happy Home

The home is the laboratory of our lives, and what we learn there largely determines what we do when we leave there. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -"Applying the Atoning Blood of Christ"

One can have humility that is hierarchical: being humble up, but not humble down. -Neal A. Maxwell

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -"Applying the Atoning Blood of Christ"

One can be sincerely grateful for his major blessings but regularly murmur over minor irritations. -Neal A. Maxwell

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -"Applying the Atoning Blood of Christ"

Strange as it seems, we sometimes respond better to larger challenges than to incessant smaller ones. -Neal A. Maxwell

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -"Applying the Atoning Blood of Christ"

You and I, when impacted by lesser irony, are so much more brittle, often forgetting that some tests by their very nature are unfair, especially when crusty irony is present. -Neal A. Maxwell

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -"Applying the Atoning Blood of Christ"

We are to press forward, whatever the length of the near horizon, while rejoicing in what awaits us on the far horizon. -Neal A. Maxwell

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -"What Think Ye of Christ?"

Man unquestionably has impressive powers and can bring to pass great things by tireless efforts and indomitable will. But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effect of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ. -Dallin H. Oaks

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Teach the Children

Children learn through gentle direction and persuasive teaching. They search for models to imitate, knowledge to acquire, things to do, and teachers to please. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -The Royal Law of Love

If you will always be more fair and more kind to others than a few of them may sometimes be to you, you will enjoy every sweet blessing life affords. -Marion D. Hanks

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Spiritual Capacity

A good hobby can dispel heartache and give zest to life. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Spiritual Capacity

Hobbies can aid in spiritual development. Worthy music, dance, art, and writing are among the creative activities that can enrich the soul. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Spiritual Capacity

We must never lose sight of the Savior's enduring standard as the ultimate for each of us. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets April 2020 -Go Forward in Faith

I bless you with peace and increasing faith in the Lord. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets April 2020 -Go Forward in Faith

During times of our distress when temples are closed, you can still draw upon the power of your temple covenants and endowment as you honor your covenants. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 1988 -Blessed from on High

Perhaps no promise in life is more reassuring than that promise of divine assistance and spiritual guidance in times of need. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Pioneer Shoes through the Ages

We can feel of our Heavenly Father's love. He knows our circumstances and our sorrows and will not leave us comfortless. We need only seek "for the things of a better," and we will feel of His perfect love. -Mary Ellen Smoot

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Pioneer Shoes through the Ages

The stronger our spiritual footings, the greater our capacity to build the kingdom--and the greater our joy. -Mary Ellen Smoot

G.C. Droplets April 2020 -Sharing the Message of the Restoration and the Resurrection

The Lord is pleased with every effort we make, no matter the outcome. -D. Todd Christofferson

G.C. Droplets April 2020 -Sharing the Message of the Restoration ad the Resurrection

If the love of Christ dwells in us, others will know that our love for them is genuine. If the light of the Holy Spirit burns within us, it will rekindle the Light of Christ within them. -D. Todd Christofferson

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Care for New Converts

In building the kingdom of God, every positive act, every friendly greeting, every warm smile, every thoughtful, kind note contributes to the strength of the whole. -Carl B. Pratt

G.C. Droplets October 1997 -Care for New Converts

We ought to be the most open, friendly, happy, kind, considerate, thoughtful, loving people in the whole world. -Carl B. Pratt