Quotes from Thomas S. Monson

As I approached my 18th birthday and prepared to enter military service in World War II, I was recommended to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood.

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.

I'm a great believer that the Lord provides us specific experiences to prepare us to deal with some of the challenges that we're going to encounter in our own period of service.

Think to Thank. In these three words are the finest capsule course for a happy marriage, formula for enduring friendship, and a pattern for personal happiness.

The drive was brief and the conversation limited, but oh, what a legacy of love! Father never read to me from the Bible about the good Samaritan. Rather, he took me with him and Uncle Elias in that old 1928 Oldsmobile and provided a living lesson I have always remembered.

Chose your love, love your choice.

A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: chart your course, set your sail, position your rudder, and proceed.

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

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.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

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.

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

We must not let our passions destroy our dreams.

Choose your love. Love your choice.

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.

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

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

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

May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love.

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.

I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. don't take counsel of your fears.

Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.

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

When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.