Thomas S. Monson Quotes

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

I love finding things that scare me and doing them. That's how you grow.

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

The theme of my life is overcoming. It is my personal mantra and what I help other people do.

I had to suffer, I had to fight, and now I feel great.

For me to be at my best, I need to do something I'm decent at, which is coach.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness.

Fear is not negative. We should overcome all our fears and this in turn would make us stronger. As soon as we overcome our fears we can face any challenge.

If the challenge seems a bit too overwhelming, that's the one you want. Take it on & let it pull you up.

I think when you start to do well and get your confidence back, everything becomes more fun. When you're playing with not your full capacity of confidence, I think things get a little tough. I knew I could be doing better than what I was doing. Even though I was ranked 5 or 4 or whatever it was, I wanted to get back to the level I thought I could play at.

In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

I am a better running back every time I step on the field. I try to get better each game, each summer, each season.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

I want to do things that scare me, and also have a good time.

Once every seven days, do something that frightens you. Every time we do something that we resist and is frightening, we actually grow in our power.

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before.

Every season is a new challenge to me, and I always set out to improve in terms of games, goals, assists.

Most of all I don't want to be bored. That's why I'd rather do something that has some sort of ambition, that risks failing, rather than make safer, more comfortable choices.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!