Toni Sorenson Quotes & Sayings

Spring is the sound of birds chirping, the taste of cherry juice, the feel of grass on bare feet, the sight of pink roses and blue skies, and the feel of dandelion fuzz. Spring, in other words, is a welcome, wondrous sensory overload. — Toni Sorenson

Be aware of the voices in your head. Identify them. Just became you hear it doesn't mean it's your voice saying it. And just because you think it doesn't mean it's true. — Toni Sorenson

Christmas is about Christ. When we forget that, we lose the true magic of Christmas. — Toni Sorenson

Forgiveness is essential to your well being, but the person you forgive doesn't need to be present in your life because the act really, is between only you and God. — Toni Sorenson

If we understand how the brain works, we can understand how to work it. — Toni Sorenson

We're making decisions right now that shape our lives. Even indecision is a decision. What's going on today is a result of the choices we've made in the past. — Toni Sorenson

Some of life's best lessons are learned through our worst mistakes. — Toni Sorenson

Spring is painted in daffodil yellows, robin egg blues, new grass green and the brightness of hope for a better life. — Toni Sorenson

All truly toxic thoughts are expelled while moving. Gotta move to stay alive. — Toni Sorenson

A woman sees a problem and sets about solving it, not analyzing it. — Toni Sorenson

You do not need permission to be you. Just be your authentic, brilliant, one-soul-only self. You are a marvel. Act like it! — Toni Sorenson

The only way to take command of your life is to realize that you are never going to be in control of it. — Toni Sorenson

If you think you are unworthy to pray, that thought is not coming from Jesus Christ. More than anything, He wants us to approach Heavenly Father, to have our prayers heard and answered. — Toni Sorenson

If you have a painting in you, paint. If you have a song to sing, sing. Don't judge your creation. Just create it. Banish doubt and fear and step out of your own way if you have to. Write if you're a writer and invent if you're an inventor. Do what you were born to do. Only then will you know a remarkable life. — Toni Sorenson

You never hear someone called beautiful who neglects themselves. — Toni Sorenson

The most destructive thing we can possibly do in life is to make another person doubt his worth and identity as a child of God. The very most productive thing we can do is to help ourselves and others realize that as children of God, our worth is infinite. — Toni Sorenson

When we think we can manage our time, our circumstances, and our relationships without His help and inspiration, we know what unmanageability is. — Toni Sorenson

Faith is carrying your pain and problems to the invisible altar of God, laying them down and walking away, knowing that now they are in hands capable of doing what you could never do. — Toni Sorenson

How many of us even know what our default state of being is? Check yours at random times; reset it to positive, grateful, disciplined or faithful. Don't ever let it idle on negative, greedy, lax or doubtful. — Toni Sorenson

Experience is a supreme teacher, but experience is not something that can be taught. It has to be learned through choice and consequence. — Toni Sorenson

Knock. Pound on heaven's door if you have to, but don't give up. God hears all sincere prayers. — Toni Sorenson

Jesus was ... He is ... and will always be ... my Master, — Toni Sorenson

Our lives reflect our inner image. If we think we're worth it, that worth will manifest in our lives. If we think we're not worthy, we'll live in lack. Believe your worth it and you will become worth it. — Toni Sorenson

Want to create the best Christmas ever? Forgive someone who doesn't deserve your forgiveness. Hug a stranger. Pass on something that you want to keep for yourself. Spend time with the ones you love. Spend time on your knees. Decorate your life with light and laughter. Love yourself while you're loving others. Christmas is about Christ and Christ is all about your joy and happiness. — Toni Sorenson

Not all races are run on a track. And not all finish lines are marked by ticker tape. — Toni Sorenson

Let go and let God. Don't dwell on your past mistakes. When you do that, your past keeps you from moving forward. The wonder of the Atonement is that you don't have to be the same person you were yesterday, last year or even a minute ago. Through Christ, and through the power of repentance, you are continually being reborn. — Toni Sorenson

Science has proven that sin has the power to change us for the worse. In a healthy brain, rational thought can override impulsive behavior. Not so in a brain affected by addiction. This is how Satan steals our ability to choose wisely. Addiction costs us the ability to exercise our agency. — Toni Sorenson

When the finish line seems too far away, remember how you felt when you were back at the starting line. Regain that motivation to recharge your momentum. — Toni Sorenson

I promise you that the moment you unwaveringly commit to your own vision, seen and unseen powers will unite to make that vision a reality. — Toni Sorenson

Just because there is change around us does not mean there has to be change within us. — Toni Sorenson

A wise woman invests her time and doesn't squander it in gossip, judgment or idleness. She knows every moment gone is one that she will not get back. — Toni Sorenson

Let's not beat around the bush. Life is one great big wonderful but terrifying adventure. It can be as brutal as it is beautiful. There are no do-overs. We get a single shot to make it home. And guess what? We all wander and find ourselves lost from time to time. Enter our Savior. The One whose love and power to heal and example to guide is so magnificent that our frail human minds can't begin to comprehend. — Toni Sorenson

I wonder how many of us stretch our faces with smiles wide enough to mask the pain we hide. I wonder how many of us go through the motions - attending church, giving service, nurturing our families, learning and doing - while inside we feel empty, broken, doubtful, and even guilty for the way we feel! — Toni Sorenson

Mortality was never designed to torture you. It was designed to test you. — Toni Sorenson

Eat clean. Think straight. Work consistently. Speak positively. Motivate others. Believe in yourself. — Toni Sorenson

Today is a gift that will be taken from you at day's end. Don't waste a moment, a chance, a lesson. You'll never live today again. — Toni Sorenson

Clean up your comfort zone and move out so you can move on. — Toni Sorenson

Your moment is now. Claim it! — Toni Sorenson

Figure out your passion. What floats your boat, rings your bell, lights your tree? A life without passion is possible, but not desirable. Have you really lived at all if you have not lived with passion? Without it would a masterpiece be possible? I don't think so. With purpose, cause and passion, there is no way the end you envision will not become the reality you live. — Toni Sorenson

Want to heat up your love life? Do something you don't enjoy doing, but your partner does. And do it with no thought of return ... only out of love. — Toni Sorenson

The Bible says that to have a friend we must show ourselves friendly. To that, I say, "Amen. — Toni Sorenson

The human spirit carries a torch called hope. — Toni Sorenson

Your past isn't there to decide who you are; it's there to guide you to a better version of yourself. — Toni Sorenson

We labor under the great delusion that we are in control.
Silly humans. — Toni Sorenson

Here's the three-ingredient recipe for a glorious day: think a higher thought, move your feet forward, serve someone you've never served. Do those three things and your life will improve in a millisecond. — Toni Sorenson

Don't fear experience. Embrace each one as a gift, a teacher, a step to get closer to where you want to be and who you want to become. — Toni Sorenson

Are you aware of who you really are in relationship to the very God who created the Universe, who scattered the stars and aligned the planets? Only to those who remember and realize that they are literally spirit children of a God who knows and loves them, can the fire of refinement be welcome. Otherwise, pain and adversity are just that, pain and adversity. Fire doesn't purify; it only burns. — Toni Sorenson

The word surrender has some shadowy connotations. We think it's weak to surrender, but sometimes it's the bravest thing we can possibly do. It means to give our will over to another ... and when that other is Christ, we are surrendering our pride, our self-reliance, our will to do things our way. We trust Him more than we trust ourselves. The origin of the word surrender did not mean to give up, but to give over. We give our will over to God, let Him do what He will with it, and in the process we lose nothing, but gain much. — Toni Sorenson

Authentic kindness has a power greater than rock, paper and scissors combined. — Toni Sorenson

The wedding day is perfect for the bride only if she is marrying the best man! — Toni Sorenson

If you hate what you get for Christmas, try to focus on the person who gave the gift to you, not what came in the box. — Toni Sorenson

Learn from what's behind you but look forward to what's ahead. It would be a sad, sad existence if you believed your best had already come and gone. Believe instead the truth ... that the best is yet to be because that part's up to you. — Toni Sorenson

The roadmap to a rich, rewarding life is to follow your passion, to be willing to deviate, to never dull to the dawn of a new day and all of the possibilities it holds for adventure and discovery. — Toni Sorenson

Stagnant people tend to live stagnant lives. — Toni Sorenson

Because Christ doesn't scream to get our attention, we have to find places and times that are quiet. We can look for Him throughout the day in a smile or the sunlight through a cloud. He's there in a baby's face - every time in a baby's face. — Toni Sorenson

You are the only one who can dream your dreams. — Toni Sorenson

We fear God is upset with us because of our inconsistency. He isn't. He doesn't get shocked or even surprised by our childish ways. He doesn't withdraw His support from us. The separation occurs when we move. — Toni Sorenson

A great life begins with a great thought. — Toni Sorenson

Spring is childhood, summer is youth, autumn is maturity, and winter is weariness and waiting. But with spring youth returns, no matter how old we are. — Toni Sorenson

You're a biological wonder without precedent. — Toni Sorenson

If Christ is missing from your life, it isn't because He is lost. — Toni Sorenson

You must give permission for people to alter your thoughts. No matter how hard they knock, they can't get into your brain unless you open the door. — Toni Sorenson

The bravest are the most vulnerable; they are also the ones most capable of reward. — Toni Sorenson

Being meek does not make you weak. You're not someone who sways with changing circumstances. You don't allow yourself to be used. You're not passive or spineless. Your faith is in the Almighty, so you know that you are mighty. — Toni Sorenson

Spring is the only time you can feel suddenly clean while you're getting muddy dirty. — Toni Sorenson

When you're rearranging the furniture to make way for the decorations and the tree, make sure you rearrange your heart to make room for the Savior of Mankind. — Toni Sorenson

Those who resist positive change will find themselves deformed, but those who embrace it will find themselves transformed. — Toni Sorenson

New thinking doesn't mean shuffling your old thoughts around; it means getting rid of the old and implementing the new. That way your, "I can't" become "I can!" and "I did! — Toni Sorenson

The origin of the word fail means to stop functioning. So as long as you haven't stopped, you haven't failed. — Toni Sorenson

Open your heart to the wonder of life simply by opening your heart. — Toni Sorenson

When you understand what you're truly worth, who is going to be able to make you feel worthless? No one. — Toni Sorenson

Just because we've made poor or wrong choices in the past, does not limit us from making wise and good choices now. — Toni Sorenson

The holidays drape us in magic and give us the hope that we can do better than we have done in the past. — Toni Sorenson

Jesus was a hiker. The wilderness was His retreat. — Toni Sorenson

That last page turned is a perfect excuse to write a whole new book. — Toni Sorenson

What makes you different is the exact thing that makes you irreplaceable. — Toni Sorenson

When your resources are focused on what has been you cannot create all that can still be. — Toni Sorenson

You are not your emotions and they are not who you are, only how you feel at the moment. — Toni Sorenson

Training is the word we use now. To train means to teach a particular skill over a period of time. Every time you get up, show up, work out, you are training yourself to be better, to live happier and healthier. Don't expect results in a snap. Remember, change takes however long it takes. — Toni Sorenson

This life is about progress, advancement, moving forward. It's becoming our very best and brightest selves. — Toni Sorenson

Your future is brighter than your past was dark. — Toni Sorenson

The defining moment when we finally admit, "I can't do this alone. Its too much for me. Take it."
That's the moment our heart cracks open, our will pours out and Christ stands ready with his arms stretched wide and his smile even wider.
That's the moment a miracle is born. — Toni Sorenson

When we go through life believing that we need mercy, we're more likely to extend it. As humans our tendency is to want justice for others, but mercy for ourselves.
It doesn't work that way. We reap what we sow. (Galatians 6:7) And the timing isn't ours - it's God's. He often extends us mercy, not when we are well behaved, but when we are miserable, helpless, wicked, ungodly, and powerless. Even when we bring on our problems by our own choices, His mercy comes when we cry for it. To refuse to cry for it because we feel unworthy, is a win for Satan. — Toni Sorenson

The origin of the word gender means to bring forth and to sort or class. Somewhere along the way it was decided that a baby girl was second-class to a baby boy. That's just not true or right. By Divine design one gender cannot exist without the other. We are partners in life. When can we start acting like we can't live without each other ... because we can't? — Toni Sorenson

We all want to be happier, more financially secure and to experience more rewarding relationships. We all dream of making something more of our lives. A mountain trail is a terrific place to make our biggest, boldest, brightest dreams come true. — Toni Sorenson

Knowing ourselves is knowing our worth in the eyes of God. That's why the number one thought we cannot fail to think and believe is that He loves us. Always. No matter what. — Toni Sorenson

Even indecision is a decision. — Toni Sorenson

Love is like a butterfly - chase it and it will fly away. Be still and be you and it will come and rest upon your skin where it feels safe and welcome. — Toni Sorenson

You can't have a great life unless you move two things: your body AND your mind. Keep them both exercised by taking them places they've never before been. — Toni Sorenson

I challenge you to make your life the masterpiece you want to paint, the novel you want to read, the day you want to wake to. — Toni Sorenson

The tone and success of your tomorrow is determined by the tone and determination of your today. — Toni Sorenson

Oh, child, my child, if only you realized who you truly are. — Toni Sorenson

The answer is in your dreams, the ones you dream while you're asleep and the ones you dream while you're awake. — Toni Sorenson

Don't you dare focus your energy on the 99 reasons something can't be done. Focus on the one thing you can do and the 99 won't matter. — Toni Sorenson

Sometimes letting go is the hardest thing imaginable, yet holding on is even harder. — Toni Sorenson

We've all got voices inside our heads and over time they blend into a mental orchestra that all sounds the same. This is where we assume every voice we hear is our own even though that is not true. — Toni Sorenson

When neurons "talk" to each other clearly, our brain is able to make sense of our lives. We make our wisest decisions when there is nothing obstructing these lines of communication. — Toni Sorenson

Every time you work out you strengthen your body. Every time you don't you weaken it. — Toni Sorenson

Courage is not beating up the bully or letting the bully beat you up, it is standing strong before the bully and seeing him for what he truly is: a child of God in need of an attitude adjustment. — Toni Sorenson

It's rare to be depressed and be in prime health. Healthy people tend to be happy people. — Toni Sorenson