When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.

Thomas S. Monson
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  1. Choose your love. Love your choice.

  2. Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.

  3. To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility.

  4. May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love.

  5. Never let a problem to be solved, become more important than a person to be loved.

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