"To do well those thing which God ordained to be the common lot of all man-kind, is the truest greatness. To be a successful father or a successful mother is greater than to be a successful general or a successful statesman... We should never be discouraged in those daily tasks which God has ordained to the common lot of man... Let us not be trying to substitute an artificial life for the true one."

-- Joseph Fielding Smith

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Successful Quotes

“(Feedback) People become addicted to it. Thatâ€™s why journalism is so popular, because you want to hear, every day, what people think of what you just wrote. I think a little patience on that front can be good, too.”
“The race that does not value trained intelligence is doomed.”
“Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.”

Source : Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.20, VM eBooks
“As for His failing you, never dream of it -- hate the thought of it. The God who has been sufficient until now, should be trusted to the end.”
“The great number of the Jews furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Bible.”
“As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you.”
“I don't believe men want women to have grotesque plastic surgery or be undernourished and bony. All the plastic surgery in the world can't stop you getting older.”
“History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not truth, but a historian could search for truth, and the search was as worthy as any other human activity.”

Source : David Drake (2009). “Patriots”, p.39, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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