Top 300 Thomas S. Monson Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “Youth need less critics and more models.”

— Thomas S. Monson

202. “Let us not demean or belittle. Rather, let us be compassionate and encouraging.”

— Thomas S. Monson

203. “Ideals are like the stars – you can’t touch them with your hands, but by following them you reach your destination.”

— Thomas S. Monson

204. “We learn to pray by praying. One can devote countless hours to examining the experiences of others, but nothing penetrates the human heart as does a personal fervent prayer and its heaven sent response.”

— Thomas S. Monson

205. “True love is a reflection of the Savior’s love. In December of each year we call it the Christmas Spirit.”

— Thomas S. Monson

206. “The work is demanding, the impact everlasting. This is no time for ‘summer soldiers’ in the army of the Lord.”

— Thomas S. Monson

207. “Missionary service is a priesthood duty.”

— Thomas S. Monson

208. “Whenever we are inclined to feel burdened down with the blows of life, let us remember that others have passed the same way, have endured, and then have overcome.”

— Thomas S. Monson

209. “May your homes be filled with peace, harmony, courtesy, and love. May they be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.”

— Thomas S. Monson

210. “Through personal prayer, through family prayer, by trusting in God with faith, nothing wavering, we can call down to our rescue His mighty power.”

— Thomas S. Monson

211. “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.”

— Thomas S. Monson

212. “Times change, years speed by, but Christmas continues sacred. It is through giving, rather than getting, that the spirit of Christ enters our lives. God still speaks. He prompts. He guides. He blesses. He gives.”

— Thomas S. Monson

213. “May we realize how close to us He is willing to come, how far He is willing to go to help us and how much He loves us.”

— Thomas S. Monson

214. “I plead with you to have the courage to refrain from judging and criticizing those around you, as well as the courage to make certain that everyone is included and feels loved and valued.”

— Thomas S. Monson

215. “In reality, we are all travelers – even explorers of mortality.”

— Thomas S. Monson

216. “Let us respect others no one lives alone in a city, a nation, or a world.”

— Thomas S. Monson

217. “The hand of a bride becomes the hand of a mother. Ever so gently she cares for her precious child. Bathing, dressing, feeding, comforting-there is no hand like mother’s. Nor does its tender care diminish through the years.”

— Thomas S. Monson

218. “Often we live side by side but do not communicate heart to heart.”

— Thomas S. Monson

219. “How does one magnify a calling? Simply by performing the service that pertains to it.”

— Thomas S. Monson

220. “If we will put our trust in the Lord, he will help us through our difficulties, whatever they my be.”

— Thomas S. Monson

221. “Each of our temples is an expression of our testimony that life beyond the grave is as real and as certain as is our life here on earth.”

— Thomas S. Monson

222. “Your future depends on your Faith.”

— Thomas S. Monson

223. “None of us will honor our Heavenly Father and our Savior more than by serving as a devoted, compassionate missionary, “For them that honour me I will honour.””

— Thomas S. Monson

224. “We cannot know what faith is if we have never had it, and we cannot obtain it as long as we deny it. Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.”

— Thomas S. Monson

225. “The reward of eternal life requires effort.”

— Thomas S. Monson

226. “Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort but will not take the place of living in the present.”

— Thomas S. Monson

227. “Whatever our calling, regardless of our fears or anxieties, let us pray and then go and do.”

— Thomas S. Monson

228. “Thinking is the hardest work anyone can do, which is probably the reason why we have so few thinkers.”

— Thomas S. Monson

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

— Thomas S. Monson

230. “Every bishop can testify to the promptings that attend calls to serve in the Church. Frequently the call seems to be for the benefit not so much of those to be taught or led as for the person who is to teach or lead.”

— Thomas S. Monson

231. “Each of us can do something to help someone.”

— Thomas S. Monson

232. “May each of us remember this truth; ‘one cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God.’ Why? Because these two sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one.”

— Thomas S. Monson

233. “May we all make the journey to Bethlehem in spirit, taking with us a tender caring heart as our gift to the Savior.”

— Thomas S. Monson

234. “You can dress attractively without being immodest. Within the Lord’s guidelines, there is room for you to be lively, vibrant, and beautiful both in your dress and in your actions.”

— Thomas S. Monson

235. “I have found that, rather than dwelling on the negative, if we will take a step back and consider the blessings in our lives, including seemingly small, sometimes overlooked blessings, we can find greater happiness.”

— Thomas S. Monson

236. “You have a heritage honor it. You have posses a testimony share it. You will face temptations withstand it. You know the truth live it.”

— Thomas S. Monson

237. “Family prayer is the greatest deterrent to sin, and hence the most beneficent provider of joy and happiness. The old saying is yet true: ‘The family that prays together stays together.’”

— Thomas S. Monson

238. “The temples are a refuge from life’s storms even a never-failing beacon guiding us to safety.”

— Thomas S. Monson

239. “No one has learned the meaning of living until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow man. Service to others is akin to duty, the fulfillment of which brings true joy.”

— Thomas S. Monson

240. “As a result of the sacred ordinances performed in the holy house of God, no light need be permanently extinguished, no voice permanently stilled, no place in our heart permanently left vacant.”

— Thomas S. Monson

241. “The most constant thing is change.”

— Thomas S. Monson

242. “How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness and gentleness.”

— Thomas S. Monson

243. “Christmas is a glorious time of the year, simple in origin, deep in meaning, beautiful in tradition and custom, rich in memories, and charitable in spirit.”

— Thomas S. Monson

244. “Books are keys to wisdom’s treasure;.”

— Thomas S. Monson

245. “Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose; and frame your life with faith.”

— Thomas S. Monson

246. “As the Christmas season envelops us with all its glory, may we, as did the Wise Men, seek a bright, particular star to guide us in our celebration of the Savior’s birth.”

— Thomas S. Monson

247. “I once sacrificed something I love for the God I love even more, and He has never forgotten me for it.”

— Thomas S. Monson

248. “The all-important and crowning blessings of membership in the Church are those blessings which we receive in the temples of God.”

— Thomas S. Monson

249. “There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.”

— Thomas S. Monson

250. “Let us open wide the windows of our hearts, that each family member may feel welcome and ’at home.”

— Thomas S. Monson