Quotes from John Bytheway

One of the best things I did during my single years was read books and listen to tapes on marriage. (You can't be too conspicuous, of course.) I learned so much about what makes good marriages work that it changed why I dated, how I dated, and even whom I dated.

marry someone you're attracted to inside and out, marry your best friend, and marry someone you love.

It's important to marry someone you love, but it's also important to marry someone you like. In other words, you like being together, you like to do the same things, you like each other. You're friends! Romance may have ups and downs, but friendship endures.

Someone with whom you can spend the whole day and never feel bored or lonely. Someone who is the first person you want to tell when something exciting happens to you. Someone you really like.

love, and I wanted to know what it felt like. I didn't want Hollywood's definition; I wanted one I could trust. Some of my questions included: Can you choose to fall in love with someone? Is falling in love a spiritual feeling?

Elder James E. Faust expressed a similar feeling this way: "Happiness in marriage and parenthood can exceed a thousand times any other happiness" (Ensign, November 1977, p. 11).

but all I did was pray to the Lord and ask for some guidance and direction in connection with the decision that I'd reached. A more perfect thing to have done would have been to counsel with him relative to the decision and get a spiritual confirmation that the conclusion, which I by my agency and faculties had arrived at, was the right one. ("Agency or Inspiration?" New Era, January 1975, p. 40)

inch by inch will make it cinch ,yard by yard will make it hard.

Happiness is an inside job.

a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. . . . Always have something ahead of you to 'look forward to'—to work for and hope for

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" (1 Corinthians 2:9).

Doctrine and Covenants 111:11: "Therefore, be ye as wise as serpents and yet without sin; and I will order all things for your good, as fast as ye are able to receive them.

I feel confident that the Lord will not leave us alone in making this major decision, and we can expect to be guided, even if we don't realize it at the time.

Without this type of intimacy, you may be tempted to look elsewhere for friendship.

Sometimes we have 2 Nephi 2:25 "joy" days, and sometimes we have Moses 6:48 "misery and woe" days.

How do you become First in command, when you're second in command? You kill the guy that's first in command!

The average American watches more than four hours of television per day. What would happen if we spent more time developing our talents than watching others develop theirs?

I was never involved in any fights in high school. I'm glad I wasn't. I'm not very big, and I don't find great joy in cuts and bruises.

I have to say that it was working with my grandpa, who grew up on a farm in Mountain Home, Idaho, that had the most influence. Witnessing his work ethic and hearing his stories gave me an appreciation for the farm's best lessons.

To have friends who will always take you to higher ground is an incalculable blessing.

Being Christlike guarantees that you'll have the most important friend of all: the Savior. He knows what it's like to be misunderstood, lonely, and rejected.

The topic 'Farm Wisdom' is not a gospel doctrine or scriptural topic, although I found considerable scriptural support for the lessons learned on the farm.

In the city, we work until quitting time. On the farm, we work until the job is finished.

Occasionally, we are given a reminder of how precious a gift it is to understand the plan of salvation.