Thomas S. Monson Quotes

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.

My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Through prayers I get the strength to face all the difficulties.

Life is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil, hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way is disputed. The night is given us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power. The day, to use the strength which has been given us, to go forth to work with it till the evening.

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.

Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for you have picked these for your challenges. They are stones on which you choose to whet the keen edge of your spirit.

Bad times make good people, as mountainous pressures make diamonds or as fire tempers steel.

Sometimes, our greatest strengths can be found while trusting God through our greatest obstacles.

Dear friends, sometimes we may be tempted to allow ourselves be overtaken by laziness or despondency, especially when faced with the hardships and trials of life. In these cases, do not lose heart, but invoke the Holy Spirit, so that with the gift of fortitude He can lift our hearts and communicate new vigor and enthusiasm to our lives and our following Jesus.

Don't let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able; then let the matter rest with the Lord for a period while you give to others in worthy ways before you take on appropriate concern again. Please learn that as you wrestle with a challenge and feel sadness because of it, you can simultaneously have peace and rejoicing.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

I give it up to women who have the power to keep their spirit alive under very difficult circumstances.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down

Life itself is always a trial. In training, you must test and polish yourself in order to face the great challenges of life.

The loss of fortune to a true man is but the trumpet challenge to renewed exertion, not the thunder stroke of destruction.

With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.

It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken

Don't focus on the adversity; focus on God. No matter what you go through, stay in faith, be your best each day and trust that God will use it to position you for greatness.

We cannot find peace if we are afraid of the windstorms of life.

When you're an orphan, you don't wake up every day and tell yourself, "I'm an orphan again today. Why did this happen to me?" You just get on with your life. I've had other challenges that were much greater than that.

It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so long as one never loses faith, it is impossible to ever truly be alone.