- Mormon 9: 30-31…Learn from other’s mistakes
- “It’s not so much what happens to us but how we deal with what happens to us.” (James E. Faust, Ensign, Nov. 2004, 20)
- “Elder Robert D. Hales, April 1999 General Conference“, “Every family can be strengthened in one way or another if the Spirit of the Lord is brought into our homes and we teach by His example….Act with faith; don’t react with fear. When our teenagers begin testing family values, parents need to go to the Lord for guidance on the specific needs of each family member. This is the time for added love and support and to reinforce your teachings on how to make choices. It is frightening to allow our children to learn from the mistakes they may make, but their willingness to choose the Lor’s way and family values is greater when the choice comes form within than when we attempt to force those values upon them. The Lord’s way of love and acceptance is better than Satan’s way of force and coercion, especially in rearing teenagers.”
- “While we may despair when, after all we can do, some of our children stray from the path of righteousness, the words of Orson F. Whitney can comfort us: “Though some of the sheep may wander, the eye of the Shepherd is upon them, and sooner or later they will feel the tentacles of Divine Providence reaching out after them and drawing them back to the fold. Either in this life or the life to come, they will return. They will have to pay their debt to justice; they will suffer for their sins; and may tread a thorny path; but if it leads them at last, like the penitent Prodigal, to a loving and forgiving (mother’s and) father’s heart and home, the painful experience will not have been in vain. Pray for (our) careless and disobedient children; hold on to them with (our) faith. Hope on, trust on, till you see the salvation of God” (quoting Joseph Smith, in Conference Report, April 1929, 110.
- “When I maintain an attitude of cheerful wonder and keen interest toward my faults and flaws, I see them dissolve and transform much more rapidly than when I give myself a hard time about them. If you’re willing to adopt a playful attitude toward yourself and your shortcomings, you can make extraordinarily rapid progress. It’s easier to chuckle over things than to fret over them, and chuckling is much more fun for the people around you.” The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks) Page 110
- “Forget mistakes, forget failures, forget everything, except what you’re going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day. WILL DURANT” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. Page 278
- ““Children need to be nurtured and encouraged,” Hausner points out, “and they need tolerance when they make mistakes, as well as the willingness to allow them to make their own choices. Above all, they need opportunities to take charge of themselves and to assume personal responsibility if they are eventually to manage their own lives.”” Wealth in Families Third Edition (Charles W. Collier) Page 41-42
- “It is most natural and just that he who commits the wrong should pay the penalty—atone for his wrongdoing. Therefore, when Adam was the transgressor of the law, justice demanded that he, and none else, should answer for the sin and pay the penalty with his life. But Adam, in breaking the law, himself became subject to the curse, and being under the curse could not atone, or undo what he had done. Neither could his children, for they also were under the curse, and it required one who was not subject to the curse to atone for that original sin. Moreover, since we were all under the curse, we were also powerless to atone for our individual sins. It, therefore, became necessary for the Father to send his Only Begotten Son, who was free from sin, to atone for our sins as well as for Adam’s transgression, which justice demanded should be done. He accordingly offered himself a sacrifice for sins, and through his death upon the cross took upon himself both Adam’s transgression and our individual sins, thereby redeeming us from the fall, and from our sins, on condition of repentance.” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, (2013), 58–71
- “Daily we meet moments that steal our self-esteem. They are inevitable. Each day we are reminded that we don’t have certain talents, that we make mistakes. That we don’t excel in all things. And amidst all this, it is easy to believe that we don’t quite measure up in the great scheme of things, but are inferior in some secret way. Underrating ourselves is not only painful but is downright dangerous. For we limit the range of all possibilities. We are the offspring of Heavenly Parents. Created with great personal care. Our hearts, our souls & minds have potential beyond our greatest imagination. We can become anything we want if we just remember who we are & if we do not choke off our power by brooding over some small fault, or by feeling inferior.” – Paul H. Dunn
- “Like those who have preceded him, President Russell M. Nelson is no ordinary man. His professional accomplishments as one of the earliest pioneers of open-heart surgery are well documented. His contributions to the Church as a General Authority and General Officer now span four decades. His personal attributes are exemplary. He is exceptional in so many ways. And yet he, like King Benjamin and every other prophet who has ever lived, has felt pain, made mistakes, fallen short at times, and been called upon to do things that at the time looked impossible. These experiences have led to one of President Nelson’s favorite phrases – that the Lord uses the unlikely to accomplish the impossible, and he has often used himself as a perfect example of that truth.” INSIGHTS From a Prophets Life – Russell M. Nelson by Sheri Dew, Page IX
- “Shame does not, and never has, come from God.” Without the Mask, Charlie Bird
- “I am not asking that all criticism be silent. Growth comes with correction. Strength comes with repentance. Wise is the man or woman who, committing mistakes pointed out by others, changes his or her course. I am not suggesting that our conversation be all honey. Clever expression that is sincere and honest is a skill to be sought and cultivated. What I am suggesting and asking is that we turn from the negativism that so permeates our society and look for the remarkable good in the land and times in which we live, that we speak of one another’s virtues more than we speak of one another’s faults, that optimism replace pessimism. Let our faith replace our fears.” Manual, Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Gordon B Hinkley, Chapter 3, Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of Optimism