Lessons from Churchill

 

Harry Psaros

@PittGuru

Winston Churchill is one of the most powerful leaders who ever walked the earth. I have collected 18 lessons from him that give me chills every single time I read them. Read carefully:

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1. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

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2. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”

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3. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

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4. “Never, never, never give up.”

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5. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

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6. “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

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7. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

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8. “The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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9. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

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10. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

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11. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

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12. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

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13. “Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.”

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14. “The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”

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15. “It is a mistake to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.”

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16. “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”

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17. “Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”

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18. “Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”

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Modesty discussion

Thoughtful post on modesty:

Carrie McIntyre | The Relevant Questions

@RelevantQuest

Looks like the topic of the day in LDS X-land is modesty. Why not? When Adam and Eve partook of the fruit of knowledge of good and evil, they were endowed with necessary shame for their n*kedness, and God gave them animal sk*n to dress themselves. Everyone who knows the difference between good and evil (and that’s everyone capable of personal accountability) knows that gratuitous exposure is inappropriate in public settings. Everyone who has the cognitive capacity to operate in civilized society recognizes the godly discernment with which they were born. We like to blame cultural norms for the way people dress. That may bear a bit of superficial blame. Nevertheless, every time one of us leaves the house, we know how much or how little we’re wearing, and we know why. We decided to present ourselves to the world in a certain way, to provoke a specific reaction in others and attempt a specific kind of influence over them. We know—inherently—that some ways of dressing provoke carnal reactions. We know, and we made a choice. There may be cultural excuses, but there’s no mistake between oneself and the Lord. Immodesty is rude. That’s pretty much it. It inspires unwelcome thoughts and objectification. It makes conditions more difficult for people who would like to respect you as a person. It indiscriminately gives away too much of you to some people who haven’t earned it through trust and other people who didn’t ask for it at all. It introduces energy that is hostile to the Spirit. There may be honest variations in what constitutes modesty, but we all know that modesty is kind and polite. Modesty is a righteous goal that’s good for everybody. And we know it because Adam and Eve knew it—before there was anyone else on earth to instruct them of it. They hid themselves because they knew, and we know too. One who truly wants to be holy doesn’t waste time blurring moral boundaries. That person is a modest person, and the way they dress is a reflection of it.

Tyler Lloyd

@TylerDLloyd

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Great post! Modesty is an attitude of respect toward God, ourselves, and each other, reflected in the way we act (including the way we dress). Modesty means not vainly displaying one’s body, wealth, intellect, or *anything* other than the Light of Christ within us.

Carrie McIntyre | The Relevant Questions

@RelevantQuest

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Excellent tie-in. A flagrant display of anything carnal is immodesty.

Holland on perfection

 

Jeffrey R. Holland

@HollandJeffreyR

https://x.com/HollandJeffreyR/status/1810672443788566779

I know many who struggle with perfectionism. Around the Church I hear many who struggle with this issue: “I am just not good enough.” “I fall so far short.” “I will never measure up.” I hear this from teenagers. I hear it from missionaries. I hear it from new converts. I hear it from lifelong members. As children of God, we should not demean or vilify ourselves, as if beating up on ourselves is somehow going to make us the person God wants us to become. With a willingness to repent and a desire for increased righteousness always in our hearts, I would hope we could pursue personal improvement in a way that doesn’t include excessive guilt trips or demolishing our self-esteem. I believe that Jesus intended the commandment “be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father … in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48) to be a tribute to who and what God the Eternal Father is and what we can achieve with Him in eternity, not a harsh verbal reminder of our shortcomings. Except for Jesus, there have been no flawless performances on this earthly journey we are pursuing, so while in mortality let’s strive for steady improvement without obsessing about being perfect.