Thomas S. Monson Quotes

Somehow, it always worked. Kneeling at the side of my bed and talking to the Lord made everything okay.

God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.

Although there is no solution that is easy, and there is no one formula that will work for everyone with a heartache or a concern, there is One who cares very much about your situation, and He knows what you should do. That is our Father in Heaven.

I think intuition can be a form of answered prayer. You do the best you can - thinking, figuring, planning - and then you pray.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

I have a really close relationship with God. I have more conversations with God, and it's very therapeutic to me. It helps me through a lot of trials and tribulations.

While the pulpit must hold to its unswerving loyalty to the Word of God, it must, at the same time, be loyal to the doctrine of prayer which that same Word illustrates and enforces upon mankind.

Whenever I do the sign of the cross, it always brings comfort in situations when you are faced with adversity and stress.

Everybody needs a little light in their life, and when they need prayer, they know where to come, because they know I love them all, and I ain't judging nobody.

During my days of deepest grief, in all of my shock, sorrow and struggle, I sat at the feet of God. I literally spent hours each day reading God's word, meditating on scripture and praying. I intentionally spent a significant amount of time being still before God.

I like to go to church. Religion is an important part in my life. It has helped me in bad moments.

'I have always asked God to guide me in each of my tasks.

Never be afraid of your Bibles.

It is not sufficient to pray diligently for guidance, but this prayer must be followed by meditation as to the best methods of action and then action itself... because prayers can only be answered through action and if someone's action is wrong, God can use that method of showing the pathway which is right.

When we pray, we open the door for God to come into our problems and situations and work on them.

Prayer irrigates the fields of life with the waters which are stored up in the reservoirs of promise.

Please join me in praying for America, that we will turn our hearts back toward God.

I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me.

God does not bestow his spirit on his people in order to set aside the use of his word, but rather to render it fruitful.

Prayer is the answer to every problem there is.

Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.

I want to thank God because that's who I look up. He's graced my life with opportunities. He's shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.