Thomas S. Monson Quotes

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

The distance between who you are and who you might be is closing.

I just need to believe that we're not in some form of stasis, that we can try to be whoever we want to be. We probably won't get there, but we might get a little bit closer, you know?

We can change who we are. We can improve ourselves in various ways, and we can give ourselves possibilities.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing oneself is choice, options, seeking out the proper choices.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

Sometimes very small investments can release enormous, infinite potential that exists in all of us.

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.

Life is a lively process of becoming.

I'm always looking for a way to give myself something new as a person.

Write yourself a permission slip to be surprised by someone's potential. Who knows? One day that person could be you.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I'm a great believer in people and their untapped potential.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

We always may be what we might have been.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.