Obedience to the Father RIght Now

"Some will inquire, "Do you suppose we will finish this temple, Brother Brigham!" I have had such questions put to me already. My answer is, I do not know, and I do not care. . . . I have never cared but for one thing, and that is, simply to know that I am now right before my Father in Heaven. If I am this moment, this day, doing the things God requires of my hands, and precisely where my Father in Heaven wants me to be, I care no more about tomorrow than though it never would come. I do not know where I shall be tomorrow, nor do I know when this temple will be done. . . .

"This I do know―there should be a temple built here. I do know it is the duty of this people to commence to build a temple."

Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1, p. 132

How to Spend our Time

"After suitable rest and relaxation there is not a day, hour or minute that we should spend in idleness, but every minute of every day of our lives we should strive to improve our minds and to increase [our] faith [in] the holy Gospel."

Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, 13:310, April 17, 1870.

Procrastination and Time

"There is a danger in the word someday when what it means is “not this day.”...The scriptures make the danger of delay clear. It is that we may discover that we have run out of time. The God who gives us each day as a treasure will require an accounting. We will weep, and He will weep, if we have intended to repent and to serve Him in tomorrows which never came or have dreamt of yesterdays where the opportunity to act was past. This day is a precious gift of God. The thought “Someday I will” can be a thief of the opportunities of time and the blessings of eternity."

--Henry B. Eyring, "This Day", Ensign, May 2007, 89–91

FInding Joy in the Journey

"Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family. One day each of us will run out of tomorrows."

--Thomas S. Monson,, "Finding Joy in the Journey", Liahona, Nov 2008, 84–87