Things Fall Into Their Proper Place

Some quotes about choosing our priorities and our course in life that mean a lot to me ...

“When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.  Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities.”

--- President Ezra Taft Benson (General Conference Address, 2 April 1988)

“Please remember this one thing.  If
our lives and our faith are centered upon Jesus Christ and his restored gospel, nothing can ever go permanently wrong.  On the other hand, if our lives are not centered on the Savior and his teachings, no other success can ever be permanently right.”

--- President Howard W. Hunter (BYU Devotional Address, 14 March 1989)

“I know your lives are busy.  I know that you have much to do.  But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed, life will be better for you.”

--- President Gordon B. Hinckley (Fireside, Lima, Peru, 9 Nov 1996, in Ensign, July 1997)

“You should study and prepare for your life’s work in a field you enjoy, because you are going to spend a good share of your life in that field.  It should be one which will challenge your intellect and which will make maximum utilization of your talents and your capabilities.  Finally, it should be a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children.  Now that’s a big order.  But I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life’s work."

 --- President Thomas S. Monson (CES Fireside for Young Adults, 7 Sept 2003)

“When you are choosing your companion, make sure that both of you have a desire for a celestial marriage relationship, a desire to have a family for eternity, a desire to have a companion for eternity and to live in the presence of our Heavenly Father.”

 ---  Elder Robert D. Hales (BYU Devotional Address, 9 November 1976)

Cheerio!