Quotes By Thomas S. Monson

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

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.

We tend to become like those whom we admire.

We should strive for steadiness, and for a commitment to God that does not ebb and flow with the years or the crises of our lives.

Though we may not necessarily forfeit our lives in service to our God, we can certainly demonstrate our love for Him by how well we serve Him.

I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

I am certain that the Lord, who notes the fall of a sparrow, looks with compassion upon those who have been called upon to part, even temporarily, from their precious children.

The reward of eternal life requires effort.

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

Our Father's commitment to us, His children, is unwavering. Indeed He softens the winters of our lives, but He also brightens our summers.

I counseled many returning missionaries. I interviewed 1,700 missionaries all over the world. My advice to them is that you should study and prepare for your life's work in a field that you enjoy.

In reality, we are all travelers - even explorers of mortality.

Choose your love, Love your choice.

We must not let our passions destroy our dreams.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.

Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.

Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life's work.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

I wasn't with Joseph, but I believe him. My faith did not come to me through science, and I will not permit so-called science to destroy it.

We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm.

The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day.

One sees a blatant disregard for the precious souls of mankind.

Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.