1. “Awake and Arise”

2. Newton’s 1 st Law of Motion An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes So, here at BYU-Idaho we might say, “An agent at rest tends to stay at rest unless he or she exercises agency.” So, here at BYU-Idaho we might say, “An agent at rest tends to stay at rest unless he or she exercises agency.”

3. “Seek all knowledge—revealed and secular—as a tool and servant for the blessing of [yourselves] and others. … It is clear that the Lord expects his people to have a wide variety of information so that we might have breadth and depth in our lives. … There should be no people who have a higher desire to obtain truth, revealed and secular, than Latter-day Saints. There should also be no people who are in a better position to obtain truth and apply it in their lives.” “Seek all knowledge—revealed and secular—as a tool and servant for the blessing of [yourselves] and others. … It is clear that the Lord expects his people to have a wide variety of information so that we might have breadth and depth in our lives. … There should be no people who have a higher desire to obtain truth, revealed and secular, than Latter-day Saints. There should also be no people who are in a better position to obtain truth and apply it in their lives.” President Spencer W. Kimball “Seek Learning Even by Study and Also by Faith”

4. “Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility. … Our Creator expects His children everywhere to educate themselves. “Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility. … Our Creator expects His children everywhere to educate themselves. Russell M. Nelson Ensign, Nov. 1992, 6. “Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the human family.” “Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the human family.” Brigham Young Discourses of Brigham Young, 255.