Tell all Tuesday - You Can Quote Me On That!

I did a post recently called "Probably the Best Quote Ever". So click on the title if you want to read that one. But here is another one that I think of often. It is from Jenkin Lloyd Jones, but most often associated with President Gordon B. Hinckley. He is amazing. I want his perspective. I'm also going to add one more that I just came across recently from the late Elder Neal A. Maxwell. Can you tell what stage of my life I am in by these two quotes? "Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. The fact is that most putts don’t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just like people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride."
Our lives cannot be both faith-filled and stress free...Therefore, how can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!"