Richard L. Evans
Richard L. Evans
Richard Louis Evanswas a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; the president of Rotary International; and the writer, producer, and announcer of Music and the Spoken Word for forty-one years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth23 March 1906
CountryUnited States of America
Richard L. Evans quotes about
procrastination years long
It sometimes seems that we live as if we wonder when life is going to begin. It isn't always clear just what we are waiting for, but some of us sometimes persist in waiting so long that life slips by - finding us still waiting for something that has been going on all the time. . . . This is the life in which the work of this life is to be done. Today is as much a part of eternity as any day a thousand years ago or as will be any day a thousand years hence. This is it, whether we are thrilled or disappointed, busy or bored! This is life, and it is passing.
caring needs esp
All things need watching, working at, caring for, and marriage is no exception. Marriage is not something to be indifferently treated or abused, or something that simply takes care of itself. Nothing neglected will remain as it was or is, or will fail to deteriorate. All things need attention, care and concern, and esp...ecially so in this most sensitive of all relationships of life.
sorry opportunity winning
Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.
important speed
Your direction is more important than your speed.
bitterness realizing judgment
The ever-present expectancy of death is never far removed from any of us - whether we realize it or not. None of us can avoid it. It comes alike to the great and to the unknown; to the righteous and to the unrighteous. Wherein we differ is not in our ability to avert it, but in the preparedness with which we meet it. At such times some question the judgments of God. Some find bitterness because of the circumstances and because of the seeming untimeliness of death.
waste stopping wasting-time
Go ahead with your life, your plans.... Don't waste time by stopping before the interruptions have started.
generosity can-do
We must not let the things we can't do keep us from doing the things we can do.
mistake men perspective
Too much pessimism has led too many men into making serious mistakes. And perhaps part of our pessimism comes because we are too close to ourselves to see in proper perspective.
great-friendship praying great-friend
He who has ceased to pray has lost a great friendship.
life-lesson pay-the-price skills
There are some things you can give another person, and some things you cannot give him, except as he is willing to reach out and take them, and pay the price of making them a part of himself. This principle applies to studying, to developing talents, to absorbing knowledge, to acquiring skills, and to the learning of all the lessons of life.
army needs should
We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.