D&C 10:4; 121:7; 132:8; 1 Cor. 14:40; Mark 4:37-39; Heb. 12:1; Psalm 46:10; James 1:3-4; Kisses At The Window, Bassett, pp. 73-77; Just to Illustrate, Richards, p. 92; Gospel Ideals, McKay, p.525; Spiritual Roots of Human Relations, Covey, pp. 161-163; To Whom It May Concern, Ashton, pp. 234-236; The Miracle of Personality, Sill, pp. 49-54; Ensign, May 1992, pp. 27, 29; Ensign, June 1994, pp. 40-43; refer in this text to Jacob 4:18; 3 Ne. 11:3-5
“In the fast-paced life that most of us lead, the simple concern of parents finding sufficient time to do the things they want to do is often a big problem… . ‘The best thing to spend on your children is your time’ (Richard Evans Quote Book, p. 18).” (Ben B. Banks, Ensign, Nov. 1993, pp. 28,30)
“If you had asked me, ‘Can a person accept too many callings in a branch or a ward and get too overloaded in terms of the time left for family, work, community, and so forth,’ the answer would be yes, in the sense that you ask. But if we ask ourselves, ‘Am I doing quite enough to help further the Lord’s work,’ then our answer must be no. Most of us can do a better job of managing our time and our talents than we do, but it is important to do as the Lord suggested—to run no faster than we are able. When we run faster than we are able, we get both inefficient and tired… . I have on my office wall a wise and useful reminder by Anne Morrow Lindberg concerning one of the realities of life. She wrote, ‘My life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds.’ That’s good counsel for us all, not as an excuse to forgo duty, but as a sage point about pace and the need for quality in relationships.” (Neal A. Maxwell, Deposition of a Disciple, pp. 57-58)
“A few weeks ago, President McKay related to the Twelve an interesting experience… . He said it is a great thing to be responsive to the whisperings of the spirit, and we know that when these whisperings come it is a gift and our privilege to have them. They come when we are relaxed and not under pressure of appointments. (I want you to mark that.) The President then took occasion to relate an experience in the life of Bishop Wells, former member of the Presiding Bishopric. A son of Bishop Wells was killed in Emigration Canyon on a railroad track… . His boy was run over by a freight train. Sister Wells was inconsolable. She mourned during the three days prior to the funeral, received no comfort at the funeral, and was in a rather serious state of mind. One day soon after the funeral services while she was lying on her bed relaxed, still mourning, she says that her son appeared to her and said, ‘Mother, do not mourn, do not cry. I am alright.’ He told her that she did not understand how the accident happened and explained that he had given the signal to the engineer to move on, and then made the usual effort to catch the railing on the freight train, but as he attempted to do so his foot caught on a root and he failed to catch the hand rail, and his body fell under the train. It was clearly an accident. Now listen. He said that as soon as he realized that he was in another environment he tried to see his father, but couldn’t reach him. His father was so busy with the duties in his office he could not respond to his call. Therefore, he had come to his mother. He said to her, ‘You tell father that all is well with me, and I want you not to mourn anymore.’” (Harold B. Lee, an address given to the Seminary & Institute Faculty, BYU, July 5, 1956)
“Our lives can become cluttered by many things. Some are obvious, such as material things, the stuff we collect… . How well I know that we can surround ourselves with the material things to the extent that we have no time for the spiritual. Look around and you will see all the gadgets and toys and the nice and the fun things that cause us to squander and pay, and to wander and play. Other things that clutter our lives and use up our time are not as obvious as the material. They are more subtle and just seem to evolve, taking control of us… . Nothing suits the devil better than to become a silent partner with us… . He also knows that while in mortality we are subject to time. If by his subtle means he can become our silent partner, he can then influence us to make wrong choices that use up our time unwisely and prevent us from doing that which we should. We give our lives to that which we give our time.” (William R. Bradford, Conference Report, Apr. 1992, p. 38)
“Slow me down, Lord! Teach me the art of taking minute vacations … of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines from a good book… . There is more to life than measuring its speed. Let me look upward into the branches of the towering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well. Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my roots deep into the soil of life’s enduring values… .” (-Author Unknown)
“[Young People] can have all these blessings if they are in control of themselves and if each one takes the experiences in proper order: first some social get acquainted contacts to develop social skills, then a mission, then courting, then temple marriage and a family, and then schooling and degrees and business. Now the sequence of these things is very serious. If one gets them tipped around topsy-turvy, if some get married first, many of the other dreams fall flat. But if they will take them one at a time in proper order and sequence, they may have all of them. They don’t need to choose among them; they merely time them.” (Spencer W. Kimball, Charge to Religious Educators, 1982, pp. 43-47)