R.S. Thomas Quotes

Blame keeps wounds open; only forgiveness heals

Our lives will depend upon the decisions which we make, for decisions determine destiny.

To live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.

We cannot truly love God if we do not love our fellow travelers on this mortal journey.

LOVE should be the very heart of FAMILY life.

Christmas is a glorious time of the year, simple in origin, deep in meaning, beautiful in tradition and custom, rich in memories, and charitable in spirit.

When we safeguard (the heavenly virtue of freedom), when we honor it, when we protect it, we will walk with Washington, we will pray with patriots, and we shall have peace on earth, good will to men.

May we show increased kindness toward one another, and may we ever be found doing the work of the Lord.

Let us not demean or belittle. Rather, let us be compassionate and encouraging.

Fill your mind with truth; fill your heart with love; fill your life with service.

We are going to make mistakes, but none of us can become an expert in family history work without first being a novice.

There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.

As a result of the sacred ordinances performed in the holy house of God, no light need be permanently extinguished, no voice permanently stilled, no place in our heart permanently left vacant.

True love is a reflection of the Savior's love. In December of each year we call it the Christmas Spirit.

Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with family and friends.

Each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings.

It is not enough to want to make the effort... it's in the doing, not just the thinking that we accomplish our goals.

How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness and gentleness.

The future is in your hands, the outcome is up to you.

May we realize how close to us He is willing to come, how far He is willing to go to help us and how much He loves us.

Though we may not necessarily forfeit our lives in service to our God, we can certainly demonstrate our love for Him by how well we serve Him.

Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you.

Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives: ‘I know that my Redeemer lives!’

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life.

None of us will honor our Heavenly Father and our Savior more than by serving as a devoted, compassionate missionary, "For them that honour me I will honour."

When we keep the spirit of Christmas, we keep the spirit of Christ, for the Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit.

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts: "I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people."

Dedicated missionary service returns a dividend of eternal joy which extends throughout mortality and into eternity.

Missionary work is an identifying feature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Always has it been; ever shall it be.

I am certain that the Lord, who notes the fall of a sparrow, looks with compassion upon those who have been called upon to part, even temporarily, from their precious children.

Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.

May you constantly nourish your testimonies of the gospel that they will be a protection to you against the buffetings of the adversary.

Restraint? Why are you so concerned with saving their lives? The whole idea is to kill the bastards. At the end of the war if there are two Americans and one Russian left alive, we win.

Are we amateurs and not professionals? We know the lessons of history, we know the mistakes and we either act accordingly or collapse. Salvation lies in clarity and the courage to implement change

Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim, Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.

Nothing is truly infamous, but what is wicked; and therefore shame can never disturb an innocent and virtuous mind.

Pity's akin to love; and every thought Of that soft kind is welcome to my soul.

When guilt is in its blush of infancy, it trembles in a tenderness of shame; and the first eye that pierces through the veil that hides the secret brings it to the face

Distress is virtue's opportunity: we only live to teach us how to die.

There is no courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause.

The reconciling grave swallows distinction first, that made us foes; there all lie down in peace together.

[Con] men have long known . . . that their job is not to convince skeptics but to enable the gullible to continue to believe what they want to believe.

When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect?

Nobody would put as little thought and effort into buying an automobile as they put into deciding who to elect as President of the United States.

Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying.

To say the Constitution is living is to say that it's dead.

In politics, throwing the taxpayers' money at disasters is supposed to show your compassion. But robbing Peter to pay Paul is not compassion. It is politics.

You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any economist's analysis.

However widespread the desire to be free, that is wholly different from a desire to live in a society where others are free.

Some people say that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. But the runaway taxes of our time are the price we pay for being gullible.