"A pencil maker told the pencil 5 important lessons just before putting it in the box:

1. Everything you do will always leave a mark.
2. You can always correct the mistakes you make.
3. What is important is what is inside of you.
4. In life, you will undergo painful sharpenings which will only make you better.
5. To be the best pencil, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the hand that holds you."  Author Unknown

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, any one can start now and make a brand new ending."  Marcus Arelius

"Sometimes the solution is not to change our circumstance, but to change our attitude about that circumstance."  Spencer W. Kimball

"There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the rest of us,
That it ill behooves any of us
To find fault with the rest of us."
Edward Wallis Hoch

"Remember, we all stumble, everyone of us.  That's why it's such a comfort to go hand in hand."  Emily Kimbrough

"Whether the violation be great or small, the solution is the same: full repentance through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement with obedience to His commandments."  Richard G. Scott

"A feeling of remorse after a mistake is a fertile soil wherein repentance can flower."

"Each of us has made mistakes, large or small, which if unresolved will keep us from the presence of God.  For this reason, the atonement of Jesus Christ is the single most significant event that ever has or ever will occur.  This selfless act of infinite consequence, performed by a single glorified personage, has eternal impact in the life of every son and daughter of our Father in Heaven-without exception."  Richard G. Scott

"And individual with foundation standards and an enduring commitment to obey them is not easily led astray.  Someone who is increasingly repulsed by grievous sin and who exercises self-restraint outside human influence has character.  Repentance will be more efficacious for such an individual.  A feeling of remorse after a mistake is a fertile soil wherein repentance can flower."

"May you live to be a hundred years, with one extra year to repent!"