"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

        -Victor Frankl

"The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that a true Latter-day Saint 'is to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all, wherever he finds them'."

Thomas S. Monson
Guideposts for Life's Journey, BYU Speeches, November 2007

"President James E. Faust reminded us, 'It's not so much what happens to us but how we deal with what happens to us.' (James E. Faust, "Where Do I Make My Stand?" Ensign, November 2004, 20) Recognizing our personal responsibility and exercising self-control make repentance possible and strengthen our character.  Each day tests how we will react to unexpected circumstances, for the same set of circumstances can bring either resentment or gratitude."


Robert R. Steuer
BYU Devotional
Just in Case Someone Asks, I Will Be Ready, September 30, 2008