David O. McKay

That which a man continually thinks about determines his actions in times of opportunity and stress. I will know what you are if you tell me what you think about when you don't have to think. ↗

— David O. McKay

#oct- #stress

The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul. ↗

— David O. McKay

#david-o-mckay #goals #life

True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character. ↗

— David O. McKay

#education #ethics #mentoring #art

The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature. ↗

— David O. McKay

#human-nature #religion #change

Appreciation is a great virtue, and if husbands and wives expressed it more frequently in our homes, wives would be happier, and husbands would probably be more kind" (Gospel Ideals, p. 475). ↗

— David O. McKay

#happiness #home

Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest. ↗

— David O. McKay

#duty #leave #lord #rest #unto

Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry. ↗

— David O. McKay

#fervor #henry #i #instilled #into

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men. ↗

— David O. McKay

#compassion #earth #enter #happiness #human

There is a crying need today to have this truth heralded throughout the land that youth especially may appreciate and hold the freedom of the individual as sacred as did our revolutionary fathers. ↗

— David O. McKay

#crying #did #especially #fathers #freedom

What you think about when you don't have to think, shows what you really are. ↗

— David O. McKay

#really #shows #think #you