Thomas S. Monson Quotes

I know it's an experience that I need to have if God's putting me through it.

God puts you through things - steps in life - and you get over them.

God has a plan for everybody's life, so there was obviously a reason why He wanted me to go to Notre Dame. Everything happens for a reason.

I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don't think God wastes anything.

God never gives us more than we can handle. Everything that comes our way is coming our way so that we can grow and evolve.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

God does things on his time. He wanted me to sit down and wanted me to get some other aspects of my life back in order.

God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

You may not get what you want, but God always gives you what you need.

God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.

The Bible says that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. I believe that. Because I've seen it all work.

The Lord has a way of working in our lives, and sometimes he brings us down low to bring new values back to our life.

The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.

You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.

To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

People think that because people do religious stuff, that's all we're supposed to do. But with God's help, everything that He wants me to accomplish, I'm going to do it. It's all about pacing.

So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.

Everything starts with God in my career, and it will finish with God.

I really believe that God puts things in front of you for a reason, even if you don't always appreciate it in the moment.

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

Sometimes God writes straightforward in twisted lines.

I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God's bidding.

I believe God has a path for me. He's always had a path for me, and I've always been in the right place at the right time - not because of my efforts, but because of my preparation and because of the guides that I have, the mentors that I have, the spiritual walkers that I've had all my life.