Groberg Quotes

#1. Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good ... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

Pope Francis

#2. There is something eternal in the very nature of writing, as is so graphically illustrated by the scriptures themselves. In a very real sense, our properly written histories are a very important part of our family scripture and become a great source of spiritual strength to us and to our posterity

John H. Groberg

#3. Nothing spiritual to write? Then have spiritual experiences.

John H. Groberg

#4. You develop faith by doing things that require faith.

John H. Groberg

#5. Our joy now and forever is inextricably tied to our capacity to love.

John H. Groberg

#6. Just as physical laws apply to Christians and non-Christians alike (Matthew 5:45), the laws of art apply universally. Aesthetic principles, no less than scientific principles, are grounded in the created order and are a manifestation of God's design.

Gene Edward Veith Jr.

#7. The more we obey God, the more we desire to help others. The more we help others, the more we love God and on and on. Conversely, the more we disobey God and the more selfish we are, the less love we feel.

John H. Groberg

#8. the gravity of wound to fist

Karen Russell

#9. When filled with God's love, we can do and see and understand things that we could not otherwise do or see or understand. Filled with His love, we can endure pain, quell fear, forgive freely, avoid contention, renew strength, and bless and help others in ways surprising even to us.

John H. Groberg

#10. There is a connection between heaven and earth. Finding that connection gives meaning to everything, including death. Missing it makes everything meaningless, including life.

John H. Groberg

#11. God's love fills the immensity of space; therefore, there is no shortage of love in the universe, only in our willingness to do what is needed to feel it.

John H. Groberg

#12. Jesus made saving repentance possible and He made baptism meaningful.

John H. Groberg

#13. I further testify that when we eventually see things through the proper perspective of eternal truth, we will be amazed at how much we were blessed in important though often unperceived ways through keeping the Sabbath Day holy.

John H. Groberg

#14. For all of life is like that Race.
With ups and downs and all.
And all you have to do to win,
Is rise each time you fall

Dee Groberg

#15. Only that which lasts forever is real. That which is done in the temple lasts forever; therefore, the temple is the real world. Most of what we experience "out there," such as sickness, wealth, poverty, fame, etc., lasts for only a short period of time, so it is not the real world.

John H. Groberg

#16. All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

George Eliot

#17. When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it; you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.

Douglas Booth

#18. There is great power in loving, consistent, fervent family prayer. Don't deny your families this blessing. Don't allow the strength that comes from family prayer to slip away from you and your loved ones through neglect.

John H. Groberg

#19. Keep your eye on eternal goals

John H. Groberg

#20. We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.

John H. Groberg

#21. Sometimes God calms the storm and sometimes He calms his child.

John H. Groberg

#22. When a book is in its final stages, I've just got to be home, looking at it seventeen hours a day, and that's fine. But all that initial creation of the early drafts, I'd just as soon write it on the road in any extreme place. That's sort of ideal.

Pam Houston

#23. Organize priorities so that God is first in our lives.

John H. Groberg

#24. At bottom, the decision to pardon Nixon was a political judgment properly within the bounds of Ford's constitutional authority. The specter of a former president in the criminal dock as our country moved into its bicentennial year was profoundly disturbing.

Richard Ben-Veniste

#25. You cannot compromise principles to achieve unity

John H. Groberg

#26. RVM Thoughts for Today -
Dare to be different.The world is full of the Ordinary .

R.v.m.

#27. When we are ready, [Jesus Christ's] pure love instantly moves across time and space, reaches down, and pulls us up from the depths of any tumultuous sea of darkness, sin, sorrow, death, or despair we may find ourselves in and brings us into the light and life and love of eternity.

John H. Groberg

#28. I have come to know that we learn much more of what is important when we concentrate on helping others than when we concentrate on our own challenges.

John H. Groberg