LDS Quotes On Goals | Page 4 of 5

“There are two ways of evolving: deliberately and accidentally. You can either decide who you want to become and deliberately work toward that end, or you can just go with the flow and become whatever life makes of you. In that event, you will become whatever the fickle circumstances and forces of life and society will make of you; whatever is currently considered to be popular or in; whatever is easiest. But, whatever you become accidentally it will not be nearly the full measure of our potential. You will become just someone, somewhere in the middle.”

Lawrence Corbridge | “The Fourth Missionary”

Topics: Goals, Work

“The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. He who has conquered fear has conquered failure.”

James Allen | As a Man Thinketh

Topics: Attitude, Fear, Goals

“If you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.”

Henry Ford

Topics: Attitude, Goals

“Whenever we tackle a gospel imperative, immediate goals will help us master it. …We should set up long-range and eternal goals, to be sure—they will be the guides and inspiration of a lifetime.” Baptismal covenants fit this description. They parallel what the world calls ‘values,’ or high-level principles that govern our lives… But we should not forget the countless little immediate objectives to be won tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. To win and pass these objectives marks our progress toward the greater goals and ensures happiness and the feelings of success along the way.”

Howard W. Hunter | “Gospel Imperatives,” Improvement Era, June 1967, 103

Topics: Goals

“Begin now to establish those goals which will bring you happiness—education in your chosen skill or branch of learning, whatever it may be; a mission in which to surrender yourself entirely to the Lord to do His work; future marriage in the house of the Lord to a wonderful and delightful companion of whom you will be worthy because of the way you have lived.”

Gordon B. Hinckley | "Converts and Young Men," April 1997

Topics: Goals, Happiness

“Courage is required to make an initial thrust toward one’s coveted goal, but even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve. Have the determination to make the effort, the single-mindedness to work toward a worthy goal, and the courage not only to face the challenges that inevitably come but also to make a second effort, should such be required. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’”

Thomas S. Monson | Living the Abundant Life.

Topics: Courage, Goals

“When it comes to living the gospel, we should not be like the boy who dipped his toe in the water and then claimed he went swimming. As sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father, we are capable of so much more. For that, good intentions are not enough. We must do. Even more important, we must become what Heavenly Father wants us to be.”

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf | "Of Regrets and Resolutions," April 2012

Topics: Goals, Honesty, Potential, Self-mastery

“A home is much more than a house built of lumber, brick, or stone. A home is made of love, sacrifice, and respect. We are responsible for the homes we build. We must build wisely, for eternity is not a short voyage. There will be calm and wind, sunlight and shadows, joy and sorrow. But if we really try, our home can be a bit of heaven here on earth. The thoughts we think, the deeds we do, the lives we live not only influence the success of our earthly journey, they also mark the way to our eternal goals.”

Thomas S. Monson | "Heavenly Homes, Forever Families", World Wide Leadership Training February 2006

Topics: Family, Goals

“It’s in the doing, not just the thinking, that we accomplish our goals. If we constantly put our goals off, we will never see them fulfilled. Someone put it this way: Live only for tomorrow, and you will have a lot of empty yesterdays today.”

Thomas S. Monson | "A Royal Priesthood," October 2007

Topics: Goals

“Our achievements today are but the sum total of our thoughts of yesterday.”

Sterling Sill

Topics: Goals