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As we emulate His example, we will bless lives, including our own.

As we emulate His example, we will bless lives, including our own.

Thomas S. Monson
Example, Bless, Emulate
Twitter post from Nov 20, 2015

He will lift you and guide you. He will not always take your afflictions from you, but He will comfort and lead you with love through whatever storm you face.

Thomas S. Monson
Storm, Comfort, Affliction

Anger does not solve anything; it builds nothing.

Thomas S. Monson
Anger, Doe, Solve

May we muster courage at the crossroads, courage for the conflicts, courage to say, "no," courage to say, "yes," for courage counts.

Thomas S. Monson
May, Conflict, Crossroads
Thomas S. Monson (1988). “Live the Good Life”, Shadow Mountain

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
Judging, Refrain, Certain

God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one.

Thomas S. Monson
Mother, Sacrifice, Creation
Twitter post from May 10, 2015

Blame keeps wounds open; only forgiveness heals

Thomas S. Monson
Blame, Heal, Wounds
Twitter post from Oct 08, 2014

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
Prayer, Wavering, Trust In God

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.

Thomas S. Monson
Love, Truth, Heart

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

Thomas S. Monson
Standards, Hold Fast, Urges

Ours is the responsibility to show our gratitude by the actions of our lives.

Thomas S. Monson
Gratitude, Responsibility, Action

Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with family and friends.

Thomas S. Monson
Journey, Joy, Family And Friends

It is not enough to want to make the effort... it's in the doing, not just the thinking that we accomplish our goals.

Thomas S. Monson
Thinking, Goal, Effort

The teacher not only shapes the expectations and ambitions of her pupils, but she also influences their attitudes toward their future and themselves. If she is unskilled, she leaves scars on the lives of youth, cuts deeply into their self-esteem, and distorts their image of themselves as human beings. But if she loves her students and has high expectations of them, their self-confidence will grow, their capabilities will develop, and their future will be assured.

Thomas S. Monson
Teacher, Attitude, Self Esteem

Do we have a guide to help us choose the right and avoid dangerous detours? I have tried to pattern my life after the Master. Whenever I have a difficult decision to make, I have looked at that picture and asked myself, "What would He do?" Then I try to do it. We can never go wrong when we choose to follow the Savior.

Thomas S. Monson
Agency, Decision, Trying

I testify to you that our promised blessings are beyond measure. Though the storm clouds may gather, though the rains may pour down upon us, our knowledge of the gospel and our love of our Heavenly Father and Savior will comfort and sustain us and bring joy to our hearts as we walk uprightly and keep the commandments. There will be nothing in this world that can defeat us.

Thomas S. Monson
Father, Rain, Heart

Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, He is with us. He has promised us that this will never change.

Thomas S. Monson
Never Change, Worst
Twitter post from Jan 23, 2016

Anxiously you ask, 'Is there a way to safety? Can someone guide me? Is there an escape from threatened destruction?' The answer is a resounding yes! I counsel you: Look to the lighthouse of the Lord. There is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what its beacon light can rescue. It beckons through the storms of life. It calls, 'This way to safety; this way to home.

Thomas S. Monson
Strong, Home, Dark

A friend is more concerned about helping people than getting credit. A friend cares. A friend loves. A friend listens. And a friend reaches out.

Thomas S. Monson
Friendship, People, Credit

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

Thomas S. Monson
Cities, World, Respecting Others

Few see beyond the outward appearance And recognize the true worth of a human soul. When they do, miracles occur.

Thomas S. Monson
Miracle, Soul, Appearance

Tears came to my eyes when I read of a mere boy in one of our eastern cities who noticed a vagrant asleep on a sidewalk and who then went to his own room, retrieved his own pillow, and placed it beneath the head of that one whom he knew not. Perhaps there came from the precious past the welcome words: 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me' (Matt. 25:40).

Thomas S. Monson
Eye, Boys, Past

There is no finer way to demonstrate love of God than by serving Him in the positions to which we may be called. Occasionally, the reward for that service will be prompt, and we'll see the light in the eyes of the person whom we have helped. Other times, however, the Lord will let us wait a little while and let our reward come another way.

Thomas S. Monson
Eye, Light, Waiting
Thomas S. Monson (1988). “Live the Good Life”, Shadow Mountain

Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow.

Thomas S. Monson
Light, Moral, Moral Courage
"Examples of Righteousness". Thomas S. Monson’s address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2008.

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
Temptation, Honor, Heritage

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