Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes

Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.

Russell M. Nelson

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• I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids.

  

  Pam Ferris
  • Work
  • Why
  • Kids

• It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Business
  • Strong
  • Small

• Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Enjoy
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• I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Think
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  • Easy

• What So Not used to be a lot more dance-y, and now it's becoming a lot more melodic. Flume has always had that melodic thing, but it's starting to become a bit heavier, so it's just difficult to navigate between the two.

  

  Flume
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• How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in place at the site of arrival.

  

  Daniel Alarcon
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  • Support
  • Language

• Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Fall
  • Balance
  • Yourself

• As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you!

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Live

• I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.

  

  Adam Ferrara
  • Work
  • Job
  • Father

• I'll never forget one time a fan came up to me crying, and told me, 'You really inspire me to be me. I feel OK to be myself now.'

  

  Becky G
  • Up
  • Time
  • Myself

• Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.

  

  Ted Nugent
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• It is quite hard to relax in London. I always say I'd move somewhere quieter, but I am a bit of a confirmed urbanite now - it crept up on me without me noticing. I always think that I function quite well on my own, unusually so, but then I'm reminded how important people are to me.

  

  Laura Marling
  • People
  • Important
  • Relax

• I have even seen the writings suggesting that I am playing a deep game, that I am using the present turmoil to foist my fads on India, and am making religious experiments at India's expense. I can only answer that Satyagraha is made of sterner stuff. There is nothing reserved and nothing secret in it.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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  • Present
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• I'm running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion.

  

  Hillary Clinton
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• I take being a role model very seriously.

  

  Paula Creamer
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• My intent for EPs - and, really, my philosophy on my music - is that every single song has to be worth it.

  

  Jessica Anne Newham
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  • Song
  • Single

• I don't really have a three-year plan or a five-year plan. I don't know what's next, and that's what I find quite exciting. I dig it.

  

  Alexander Skarsgard

• I loved all the princess films, and I grew up with them, and I think it's really cool how they've changed over the years - how the princesses have become more positive role models right up until 'Frozen.'

  

  Lily James
  • Up
  • Cool
  • Positive

• If anything can, it is memory that will save humanity.

  

  Elie Wiesel
  • Humanity

• When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. We hurl our own petitions at God's throne and dictate to Him as to what we wish Him to do. We do not worship God, nor do we seek to form the mind of Christ. If we are hard towards God, we will become hard towards other people.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • People
  • God
  • Mind

• The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of faith.

  

  Umar
  • Important
  • Faith
  • Prayer

• My dream scenario would be that you could go into a bookshop, examine copies of every book in print that they're able to offer, then for a fee have them produce in a minute or two a beautiful finished copy in a dust jacket that you would pay for and take home.

  

  William Gibson
  • Home
  • Book
  • Beautiful

• You have to keep trying to get better.

  

  Jon Gruden
  • Trying

• Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.

  

  Russell M. Nelson