Thomas S. Monson

Quotes

• “There are rules and laws to help ensure our physical safety. Likewise, the Lord has provided guidelines and commandments...”
• “Life was never intended to consist of a glut of luxury, be an easy course, or filled only with success. There are those ...”
• “I have never known Frances to complain once of my Church responsibilities. I have been gone many days and many nights, a...”
• “Balanced service is a virtue to be cherished. There is to be time in our life to serve God, to serve our family, to serv...”
• “Have times really changed? Don't we today, as always, love our children and want them to live righteously? Don't we toda...”
• “Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't ...”
• “So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference....”
• “I hope with all my heart and soul that every young man who receives the priesthood will honor that priesthood and be tru...”
• “There is no better time than now, this very Christmas season, for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the principles ta...”
• “To be angry is to yield to the influence of Satan. No one can make us angry. It is our choice. If we desire to have a pr...”
• “Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forg...”
• “Our challenge is to join forces of the old and the new- experience and experiment, history and destiny, the world of man...”
• “Finding the real joy of Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the p...”
• “My brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love which comes at Christmastime fill our homes and our lives and linger the...”
• “Prayer can solve more problems, alleviate more suffering, prevent more transgression, and bring about greater peace and ...”
• “My brothers and sisters, true love is a reflection of the Savior's love. In December of each year we call it the Christm...”
• “What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude ...”
• “When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they shou...”
• “Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with...”
• “Our thinking will automatically improve when we remember the words of Paul: 'know ye not that ye are the temple of God, ...”
• “Courage becomes a worthwhile and meaningful virtue when it is regarded not so much as a willingness to die manfully but ...”
• “In this marvelous dispensation of the fulness of times, our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but...”
• “As I approached my 18th birthday and prepared to enter military service in World War II, I was recommended to receive th...”
• “Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith become...”
• “Cooperativeness is not so much learning how to get along with others as taking the kinks out of ourselves, so that other...”
• “The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, an...”
• “May we muster courage at the crossroads, courage for the conflicts, courage to say, "no," courage to say, "yes," for cou...”
• “Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, 'How many positions did you hold,' but rather, 'How many people di...”
• “Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-res...”
• “There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testimony of the truth.”
• “I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. Don't take counsel of your fears.”
• “Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.”
• “Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.”
• “The power to lead is the power to mislead, and the power to mislead is the power to destroy.”
• “The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable.”
• “The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day.”
• “All men have their FEARS. But those who face their fears with FAITH have COURAGE as well.”
• “The opportunity to declare a truth may come when we least expect it. Let us be prepared.”
• “Having gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a gift and not deliver it.”
• “I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.”
• “If you want to give a light to others, you have to glow yourself.”
• “Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.”
• “Your mind is a cupboard and you stock the shelves.”
• “By choosing our path, we choose our destination.”
• “We must not let our passions destroy our dreams.”
• “Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.”
• “The future is as bright as your faith.”
• “Chose your love, love your choice.”