The Latter-day Morning Quotes

“One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves.”—L. Tom Perry”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“Education is the difference between wishing you could help other people and being able to help them.”—Russell M. Nelson”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“Elder Holland: “Life isn’t calm or consistent . . . we all get tired. This is why we all need sleep, we all need a break from our routines, we all need a vacation, however brief or inexpensive it might be. Certainly this is the reason God ordained a Sabbath.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“You can do this. Don’t give up on yourself. If you’ve failed at keeping a habit in the past, don’t let that stop you. Even the greats have failed from time to time. Moses failed multiple times at convincing Pharaoh to release the Jews; Nephi didn’t get the plates on the first run; and Peter, James, and John fell asleep when Jesus asked them to stay awake. If you feel the urge to quit, I hope that you can find comfort from the counsel given to the young Gordon B. Hinckley from his father when young Gordon wanted to give up and quit: “Forget yourself and go to work.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“If you improve yourself one percent every day, in seventy days you’ll be a new person.”—U. J. Ramdas”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“Elder Richard G. Scott taught, “Don’t give up what you most want in life for something you think you want now.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“Many honorable hopes have gone unfulfilled, shipwrecked on the reefs of good intentions and laziness.”—Steven E. Snow”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“President Heber J. Grant was famous for repeating a saying thought to be attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: “That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do—not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do so is increased.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“Brian Tracy teaches, “You will be the same person in five years today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“It is in self-education that we gain the power to change our circumstances. But the sad truth is, unless we invest time into learning, we will probably stay the same, and thus our lives will probably stay the same.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior . . . . that is why we stress so forcefully the study of the doctrines of the gospel.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“It is certain that one who studies the scriptures every day accomplishes far more than one who devotes considerable time one day and then lets days go by before continuing.”—Howard W. Hunter”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“Scriptures are like packets of light that illuminate our minds and give place to guidance and inspiration from on high.”—Richard G. Scott”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“The word choose is used loosely here because we honestly sometimes don’t actively make a choice; sometimes we just react without even thinking. Or sometimes the window of opportunity to make a conscious choice is so small that we can only do the one thing that we have repeated the most. When we’re unable to make the choice that we know is best, that is when we are being “acted upon” and are a person who reacts rather than acts.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“The word choose is used loosely here because we honestly sometimes don’t actively make a choice; sometimes we just react without even thinking. Or sometimes the window of opportunity to make a conscious choice is so small that we can only do the one thing that we have repeated the most.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“Thinking that your life will improve without taking time to improve yourself is simply asking for disappointment.”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“But the problem isn’t actually that we are sleeping more or worrying about others—these things are necessary and good at times. The problem is that we have a habit, day after day, of not growing—of not reaching the divine potential that we have as a sons and daughters of God. The”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“Snoozing is starting off the day with failure and procrastination.”—Unknown”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast

“Don’t worry about how inexperienced you are or think you are, but think about what, with the Lord’s help, you can become.”—Henry B. Eyring”
― Mark Bacera, The Latter-day Morning: Create a Happier, More Successful, Spiritual Life Before Breakfast