Quotes from John Bytheway

We don't LOVE our Grandmas because they look like super models. We love them because of WHO they are

Say no to asphalt!

And I, Nephi, took one of the daughters of Ishmael to wife.' Well Mr. Go-And-Do just went and did!

Say no to parking lots!

The miserable think that what they have is never enough. Like the Little Mermaid, who owned no more than twenty thingamabobs, they say, "But who cares, no big deal, I want MORE." (How could you be miserable with twenty thingamabobs?)

When people point fingers at someone else, they should remember that three fingers are pointing back at them.

Be prepared. *smacks chest*

Popularity ends on yearbook day-Respect stays forever.

What will he [Satan] do first? Prevent spirits from coming to earth. How will he do this? He'll do all in his power to promote abortion. He'll convince people to have no children. He will raise fears about over population and encourage governments to make laws that limit the number of children couples can have. He'll do whatever he can to keep those spirits form coming!

Oh, seriously--how could you be miserable with twenty thingamabobs AND a snarfblat?!

While the Lord will magnify us in both subtle and dramatic ways, he can only guide our footsteps when we move our feet."4

A man with experience is never at the mercy of a man with an opinion.

Seriously--you've got TWENTY thingamabobs AND a snarfblat!

Our hope is that the Lord will intervene in our lives, but if not, we will discover whether our faith is real, or only something we hold onto when it appears to be working for our benefit.

I've noticed that there is danger in spending all this time writing about those "publicans and sinners" over there in the great and spacious building. If our spot near the tree of life becomes a Rameumptom where we congratulate each other on our chosen-ness and look down on everyone else, then we're occupying nothing more than a branch office of the great and spacious.

Legislatures and parliaments can get together and pretend to change God's laws, but it has no effect on eternal truth.

What the members of the Church need, more than anything else, are strong testimonies of Jesus Christ and the gospel He restored. They need to know. And they need to know that they know. This is the best protection against the tsunami of temptations and the waves of immorality that crash against us. Perhaps this is just another reason why the first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ!

Righteousness brings happiness. Wickedness never does. If there were no God, no plan, no law, and no divine order, there would be no reason wickedness would not bring happiness. But it never does. The history of civilization is a testament that hedonism, perversion, brutality, corruption, and wickedness sow seeds of misery, sorrow, and destruction. It is not a quirk of evolution. It is evidence of a divinely appointed plan.12

This might be a good time to express a little thought: If you really don't want to marry someone, that's probably a good sign that you shouldn't. (You might want to jot that one down somewhere.)

embrace your hard times. "God already knows what we're made of, but perhaps He wants us to learn what we're made of. I think we would all agree that we learn more from our tough times than from our easy times." ~John Bytheway #QuotesForLife

Popularity ends on Yearbook day, but respect lasts forever.

Making weak things strong is the Savior's specialty, and the way we receive such individual help is through humility and a willingness to come unto Christ.

I answered, "Because you want them. In the eternal scheme of things that will be of inestimable and eternal value." The Lord has said that he "will judge all men according to their works; according to the desire of their hearts" (D&C 137:9).

Aside from the giddy high school feelings, real love makes you: Feel a desire to achieve Feel inspired to do your best Want to make the most of yourself Think your noblest thoughts Aspire to your finest deeds Wish you were better than you are