The Tale of Two Wolves

A grandfather was talking with his grandson and he said, "There are two wolves inside of us which are always at war with each other."

"One of them is a good wolf which represents things like kindness, bravery and love. The other is a bad wolf, which represents things like greed, hatred and fear."

The grandson stopped and thought about it for a second. Then he looked up at his grandfather and asked, “Grandfather, which one will win?”

The grandfather quietly replied, "The one that wins will be the one you choose to feed."
- An old Cherokee legend

“What win I, if I gain the thing I seek?
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy.
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week?
Or sells eternity to get a toy?
For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy?
Or what fond beggar, but to touch the crown,
Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down?”
- William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece

In life we usually end up doing what we want. The key is to want the right things!
- Elder Clate W. Mask Jr

What we insistently desire, over time, is what we will eventually become and what we will receive in eternity.
- Elder Neal A. Maxwell

Sources
The Tale of Two Wolves
Elder Mask: "Friend to Friend: Righteous Desires," Friend, Oct. 2004
Elder Maxwell: "According to the Desire of [Our] Hearts," Ensign, Nov. 1996