Thomas S. Monson Quotes

To choose what is difficult all one's days, as if it were easy, that is faith

Work is the thing that stays. Work is the thing that sees us through.

Maybe that's what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.

In order to 'hold fast' to something, one must allow oneself to be held to something. That commitment may be one of the hardest things to practice in a world of so much choice.

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.

They also swear who only stand and wait.

Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner.

What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out - not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.

That means I’m not just here for the pretty parts. I’m here no matter what.

Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.

Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course when things are boring, to run the risk of repeating an old argument just one more time, or of going one more round with a hostile or (much worse) indifferent audience.

I vow... "to not let the back & forth of forgiveness interrupt the steadiness of love.

The Land of Promise is for those who simply remain to the end.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Holding It Down

It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.

Imagine if you grew up in a place and the team was bad for a long time and there's almost like a pride in being able to stay here and stick it out, knowing that you're going to get to where you promised yourself and you've been promised at some point.

One of the things that I like to pride myself on is being the guy who sees the game through till the end.

A long-term relationship is about showing up and working hard and banking on each other. If one's down, the other might be up and can help the other one up, and sometimes you're both down and you just [band] together. Endurance is a big theme of it for me. That might not sound romantic, but I kind of think that it is.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

Marriage is a lot like the army, everyone complains, but you'd be surprise at the large number that re-enlist.