R. J. Anderson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

But there were worse things than disappointment, and I'd lived through several of them already.
-- R. J. Anderson

#Courage #Disappointment
I disliked numbers, and they didn't think much of me either.
-- R. J. Anderson

#Thinking #Numbers
I might not be ready to pour out my feelings to the world, but Iâ€™d had enough of trying to ignore them.
-- R. J. Anderson

#Feelings #Trying #Might
I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose. And as long as I had a part in the music of the spheres, even if it was only a single grace note, I was not worthless. Nor was I alone.
-- R. J. Anderson

#Long #Grace #Cosmos
I saw the whole universe laid out before me, a vast shining machine of indescribable beauty and complexity. Its design was too intricate for me to understand, and I knew I could never begin to grasp more than the smallest idea of its purpose. But I sensed that every part of it, from quark to quasar, was unique and - in some mysterious way - significant.
-- R. J. Anderson

#Unique #Ideas #Shining

None of the prophets old, So lofty or so bold! No form of danger shakes his dauntless breast; In loneliness sublime He dares confront the time, And speak the truth, and give the world no rest No kingly threat can cowardize his breath, He with majestic step goes forth to meet his death.
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it.
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
A world of confusion and disappointment results from trying to believe without obeying.
Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary halt on my steady descent through layer after layer of depression, like an elevator stopping for a moment on the way down to the basement.
I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.
The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.
Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon himself an earthly tabernacle. He experienced joy and sorrow, happiness and grief, lasting satisfaction and frequent disappointments. As Paul has written, "Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him."
He stops in his tracks, face expressing major disappointment. "Wait - seriously? That's it? We don't get to do a stealthy tiptoe as we slip around back? No sneaking through a cracked window, or arguing over who gets to crawl through the dogie door to let the other one in?

R. J. Anderson famous quotes

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