Thomas S. Monson Quotes

The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them.

Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.

Good praying is more easily caught than taught.

Every time we pray our horizon is altered, our attitude to things is altered, not sometimes but every time, and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more.

The more you drop into your heart, the more God can drop into your mind.

Everything starts with prayer. Love to pray-feel the need to pray often during the day and take the trouble to pray. If you want to pray better, you must pray more. The more you pray, the easier it becomes. Perfect prayer does not consist of many words but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.

I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.

To pray well is the better half of study.

It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.

I speak to God every day.

I've always been a spiritual person who believed in a Higher Power. So, I've always had my 1-on-1 with God, even if I wasn't much of a religious person.

Not a lot of individuals get to refer to the Lord in their prayers as 'Dude', but he's doing a new thing with me.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

My hectic work schedule does not often permit me time to visit temples, but my conversations with God don't depend on idol worship. Inside my heart, I have developed and sustained a direct communication with Him.

I listen and talk to God daily.

Through prayer, fasting, and studying, God will answer.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

I can honestly say I am a Christian, but my spirituality has been developed on the road and is based on my experiences with God.

I believe in prayer and in strong belief.

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.

I first began to read religious books at school, and especially the Bible, when I was eleven years old; and almost immediately commenced a habit of secret prayer.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud.