I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. Don't take counsel of your fears. -Thomas S. Monson Hope
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. -Thomas S. Monson Time
I hope with all my heart and soul that every young man who receives the priesthood will honor that priesthood and be true to the trust which is conveyed when it is conferred. May each of us who holds the priesthood of God know what he believes. -Thomas S. Monson Trust
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 Faith
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 Faith
The opportunity to declare a truth may come when we least expect it. Let us be prepared. -Thomas S. Monson Truth
Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect. -Thomas S. Monson Respect
I have never known Frances to complain once of my Church responsibilities. I have been gone many days and many nights, and I have rarely been able to sit with her in the congregation. But there is no one like her - absolutely no one. She is in every way supportive and is a woman of quiet and profoundly powerful faith. -Thomas S. Monson Faith
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. -Thomas S. Monson Happiness
There is no better time than now, this very Christmas season, for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the principles taught by Jesus the Christ. It is the time to love the Lord, our God, with all our heart - and our neighbors as ourselves. -Thomas S. Monson Christmas
There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testimony of the truth. -Thomas S. Monson Truth
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 by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. -Thomas S. Monson Christmas
My brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love which comes at Christmastime fill our homes and our lives and linger there long after the tree is down and the lights are put away for another year. -Thomas S. Monson Christmas
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. -Thomas S. Monson Faith
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility. -Thomas S. Monson Courage
Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith. -Thomas S. Monson Future
