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Choose good friends. Friends help to determine your future. You will tend to be like them and to be found where they choose to go. Remember, the path we follow in this life leads to the path we follow in the next.

Choose good friends. Friends help to determine your future. You will tend to be like them and to be found where they choose to go. Remember, the path we follow in this life leads to the path we follow in the next.

Thomas S. Monson
Good Friend, Next, Path

Testimony bearing is the key to missionary work

Thomas S. Monson
Keys, Missionary, Testimony

Love thy neighbor is more than a divine truth. It is a pattern for perfection.

Thomas S. Monson
Perfection, Patterns, Neighbor

Avoid any semblance of pornography. It is dangerous and addictive. If you continue to view pornography, your spirit will become desensitized and your conscience will erode.

Thomas S. Monson
Views, Erode, Spirit

Not a day has gone by that I have not communicated with my Father in Heaven through prayer. It is a relationship I cherish-one I would literally be lost without. If you do not now have such a relationship with your Father in Heaven, I urge you to work toward that goal. As you do so, you will be entitled to His inspiration and guidance in your life.

Thomas S. Monson
Prayer, Father, Inspiration

The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person. Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless. Should temporary setbacks afflict us, a very significant part of our struggle for self-discipline is the determination and the courage to try again....Eternal life in the kingdom of our Father is your goal, and self-discipline will surely be required if you are to achieve it.

Thomas S. Monson
Determination, Father, Struggle

Youth of the Church, the world is in need of your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save. The harvest truly is great. Let there be no mistake about it; the missionary opportunity of a lifetime is yours.

Thomas S. Monson
Mistake, Heart, Opportunity

[The Lord] has indicated that the greatest work we parents can do is performed in our homes, and our homes can be heaven, particularly when our marriages are sealed in the house of God.

Thomas S. Monson
Marriage, Home, House

Serving throughout the world is a great missionary force going about doing good. Missionaries teach truth. They dispel darkness. They spread joy. They bring precious souls to Christ.

Thomas S. Monson
Joy, Soul, Darkness

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.

Thomas S. Monson
Christmas, Jesus, Principles

Prayer can solve more problems, alleviate more suffering, prevent more transgression, and bring about greater peace and contentment in the human soul than can be obtained in any other way.

Thomas S. Monson
Prayer, Soul, Suffering
Thomas S. Monson (1988). “Live the Good Life”, Shadow Mountain

God left the world unfinished; the pictures unpainted, the songs unsung, and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joys of creation.

Thomas S. Monson
Song, Men, Joy

We must not let our passions destroy our dreams.

Thomas S. Monson
Dream, Passion, Small Dreams

Times change; years speed by; but Christmas continues sacred.

Thomas S. Monson
Years, Sacred, Speed
Thomas S. Monson (1988). “Live the Good Life”, Shadow Mountain

No temptation, no pressure, no enticing can overcome us unless we allow such. If we make the wrong choice, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Thomas S. Monson
Choices, Temptation, Overcoming

Our Heavenly Father can appreciate our love for Him by how well we serve Him and how well we serve our fellowmen.

Thomas S. Monson
Father, Appreciate, Our Love
Twitter post from Apr 13, 2016

Remember to pray fervently.

Thomas S. Monson
Praying, Remember

Man has made remarkable strides in conquering outer space, but how futile have been his efforts in conquering inner space- the space in our hearts and minds of men.

Thomas S. Monson
Heart, Men, Space

Noah heeded God’s command to build an ark…that they might be saved from the floodwaters. Yet there was no evidence of rain and flood. His actions were considered irrational. The sun was shining and life moved forward as usual. But time ran out. The floods came, the disobedient were drowned. When God speaks and we obey, we will always be right.

Thomas S. Monson
Rain, Shining, Ark

How long has it been since you looked into the eyes of your mother and, holding nothing back, spoke those welcome words, 'Mother, I truly love you'? How about Father, who daily toils to provide for you? Fathers appreciate hearing those same precious words from the lips of a child, 'I love you.'

Thomas S. Monson
Love, Mother, Children

There will come into every life moments of despair and the need for direction from a divine source-even an unspoken plea for help.

Thomas S. Monson
Prayer, Despair, Needs

The knowledge which we seek, the answers for which we yearn, and the strength which we desire today to meet the challenges of a complex and changing world can be ours when we willingly obey the Lord’s commandments.

Thomas S. Monson
Challenges, Desire, Answers
"The Blessings of Obedience" by Thomas S. Monson, www.lds.org. October 2016.

May we incorporate into our own lives the divine principles which he Joseph Smith so beautifully taught by example, that we, ourselves, might live more completely the gospel of Jesus Christ. . . May our lives reflect the knowledge we have that God lives, that Jesus Christ is His son, that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that we are led today by another prophet of God - even President Gordon B. Hinckley.

Thomas S. Monson
Jesus, Son, Gordon B Hinckley

It is imperative that we recognize that whatever has happened to us has happened to others. They have coped and so must we. We are not alone. Heavenly Father's help is near.

Thomas S. Monson
Father, Helping, Heavenly

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

Thomas S. Monson
Prayer, Anxiety, Calling

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