by Tudie Rose | Jul 3, 2015 | Tudie Rose: Daily Dose
And it came to pass that he rent his coat; and he took a piece thereof, and wrote upon it—In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children—and he fastened it upon the end of a pole (Alma 46:12). This emotion-stirring quote...
by Tudie Rose | Jun 26, 2015 | Tudie Rose: Daily Dose
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. —E. L. Doctorow Let’s pretend that the “novel” is your life. When you get up in the morning, you have a pretty good idea what your...
by Tudie Rose | Jun 19, 2015 | Tudie Rose: Daily Dose
Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end. ―This has been attributed to John Lennon, as well as Fernando Sabino, but more recently dialog in the movie Best Exotic Marigold Hotel attributes it to Indian proverb. Are you a worry...
by Tudie Rose | Jun 12, 2015 | Tudie Rose: Daily Dose
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is...
by Tudie Rose | Jun 5, 2015 | Tudie Rose: Daily Dose
Don’t take no shortcuts and hurry along as fast as you can. — (Various sources attribute this to Patty Reed, age 8; Virginia Reed, Age 12; and Tamsen Donner, adult; Donner Party Survivors, 1847). If you don’t know the story of the Donner Party, treat yourself...
by Tudie Rose | May 22, 2015 | Tudie Rose: Daily Dose
If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author. —Mark Houlahan We’ve all met someone who seems stuck in the past. You know the type—always blaming others in their past for the way things stand in the present. And...