Thomas S. Monson Quotes

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

We live unto Him, so committing our service to the Lord is the first and foremost priority of our lives. We can start with our reasonable service: prayer, studying, fasting, tithing, fellowshipping, and witnessing.

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.

There is no better time than now, this very Christmas season, for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the principles taught by Jesus the Christ. It is the time to love the Lord, our God, with all our heart - and our neighbors as ourselves.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.

Nothing's too good for the Lord.

Hard as things seem today, they will be better in the next day if you choose to serve the Lord this day with your whole heart.

Not merely for country, not merely for humanity, not only for civilization, but for the religion of our Lord itself

Missionaries are very human folks, just doing what they are asked. Simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody.

Real Christianity can be summed up in two commands: Love God, and love people.

I have my work and my Jesus!

Obviously, with my faith, too, I don't want to seem like it's all about me, me, me. It takes away from what I do for Him, for the Lord.

The mark of spirituality is the fragrance of Christ in our lives and the fragrance of Christ in every aspect of who we are as a person.

The Lord always comes first in our lives, and then everything else comes second. And so with my music and with my platform, I have places to talk about the Lord and His goodness.

I always live my life for God.

My wife and I love children. We have five of our own. I would ask that anyone who looks up to me would instead look up to God. I am nothing without Him. Everything I do in life and in baseball is to glorify Him.

Then, certainly, to be a Christian is to love God above all, and our neighbour as ourselves.

No holiday, no job, no amount of money, not even my own security can mean more to me than my love for God.

Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

Make God first priority. He's worth it!

For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.

The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.