Inspiring Shorts
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Inspiring Short: However Long and Hard the Road | Jeffrey R. Holland
By Study & By Faith
Six Rules for Success
BYU professor Gilbert W. Fellingham presents six rules for success in life from the perspective of a statistician and coach.
Your Show Must Go On
There are times when even the best plans go awry. The one plan that we never need a backup for, though, is the restored gospel—God’s plan for our success.
“The Ultimate Triumph of Truth”
In order to triumph over our modern problems, we need to be like Leonardo da Vinci and become life-long seekers of truth.
If You Want to Go Far, Go Together
Jonathan O. Hafen encourages BYU graduates to stick together, quoting the proverb, "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
Banishing All Shadows
In this commencement address, Holland declares that the light of God's love is powerful enough to banish all shadows and forces of darkness.
The Lord Desires Your Success
The Lord desires your success and will empower you when you engage your mind in education and righteous activities.
Failure and Success
Successful students have realistic but dogged determination to work through whatever challenges or difficulties face them. Failure can lead us to success.
Understanding Success
As we seek to help others find success, we must develop eyes to see all flavors of human achievement and lend support, approval, and encouragement.
God Did Not Put Us Here to Fail
Jon M. Huntsman Sr. speaks of the need to be optimistic and of how following the gospel of Jesus Christ will lead us to happiness.
Why Giving Matters
Arthur C. Brooks explains why charitable giving is more than just a good idea; science and faith agree that it makes us better and happier.
For Success in Life
Elder Richard G. Scott offers his advice to graduates. He encourages them to pursue learning for the rest of their lives in order to find success.
Comparing, Competing, and Individual Worth
We live in a day where comparing and competing are viewed as normal ways to get ahead in life, but we can overcome that mindset.
Dealing with the Dangers of Success
Clayton Christensen explains the dangers of success through patterns of disruptive innovation that led even top companies to fail.
Be As Good As You Can Be
Steve W. Albrecht demonstrates how making wise decisions and being as good as you can be protects, not inhibits, our agency—in finance and in spirituality.
The Nobility of Failure
R. Lanier Britsch uses stories of past missionaries' experiences to honor their faithfulness and to define eternal success.
Learning to Succeed in Life
No one with any degree of spiritual sensitivity can stand at this place in the presence of such a concentration of devoted, righteous students, faculty, staff, and Church leaders and not feel overwhelmed with gratitude and appreciation. I am deeply moved in contemplation of what will occur in ensuing years from the experiences you will gain at this unique university. The students enrolled in this university have the potential for…
The Lord Doesn’t Grade on a Curve
The Lord knows us individually and does not grade on a competitive "curve." We should not measure our worth by comparing ourselves to others.
Visualizing Our Success
If we visualize our success, ask for help, and learn from our mistakes or failures, we will find that we DO have what it takes to be successful.
However Long and Hard the Road
However long and hard the road, we must be willing to endure with perseverance until we can claim sweet victory.
Experience, Excellence, and Obedience = Character
If we strive to experience excellence and endure here on earth, we will build character that will last throughout the eternities.
The Formula for Success at BYU
Many things have changed at BYU over the years, but not its formula for success: being worthy, seeking learning, working hard, and helping others.
Temporal and Spiritual Success
The gospel is God’s plan for our eternal success. Here are some fundamentals for achieving both temporal and spiritual success.
Lost Horizons
You are here to expand your horizons—the horizons of your knowledge. experience, and character. Have the vision and confidence to strive for excellence.
Essentials for Success
Some essentials for success are determination, good money management, endurance, good work habits, honesty, and repentance.
The Success and Happiness Pattern
We can succeed in our spiritual and secular endeavors by following a pattern of happiness and success: planning, vision, faith, and simplification.
A Formula for Laying up Treasures
Every action has a consequence, so no work is truly unrewarded. Sterling W. Sill offers a formula to help us as we work for the treasures of heaven.
An Inside Job
Sterling W. Sill shares a "formula" for success in life that students ought to master while receiving their education. Knowledge, skill, and personality are all key ingredients.
Achievement
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The Story of My Life
Thomas L. Martin humorously describes the main events of his life and highlights how the hand of the Lord worked to help him reach all his righteous goals.
Four Cornerstones upon Which to Build Greatness
We build greatness are faith, education, industry, and cooperation. John A. Widtsoe explains that each cornerstone must be understood through a gospel lens.
