“Mom, do I need to lower my standards to keep my friends?”
Do we lower our standards to fit into our neighborhoods, or our workplace?
Live by your standards, you may be standing alone for a while. . . (get the quote here) you example will attract friends who are grateful for your steadfastness.
Heed not the pressure to lower your standards.
“We will not yield, we cannot yield.” Boyd K. Packer
- That which is wrong is often made to look right.
Live by your standards. Stand up for what you believe in. Sometimes it is not easy, and you may be standing alone for awhile. But look for friends with integrity and character, then go to them and express appreciation for their examples. You might even find someone who has been feeling as lonely as you. (quote from the audio – not exact from the text)
President Boyd K. Packer has recently emphasized this guiding principle: “However out of step we may seem, however much the standards are belittled, however much others yield, we will not yield, we cannot yield.”(“The Standard of Truth Has Been Erected,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2003, 26.)
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