Thomas S. Monson, Pathways To Perfection: Discourses Of Thomas S. Monson Quotes
Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.
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.
The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable.
Cooperativeness is not so much learning how to get along with others as taking the kinks out of ourselves, so that others can get along with us.
Our thinking will automatically improve when we remember the words of Paul: 'know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwelleth in you?
To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility.
In this marvelous dispensation of the fulness of times, our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable.
Thinking is the hardest work anyone can do, which is probably the reason why we have so few thinkers.
Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, 'How many positions did you hold, ' but rather, 'How many people did you help?