A biography for Thomas S. Monsonhasn’t been written yet.
“I have never known Frances to complain once of my Church responsibilities. I have been gone many days and many nights, and I have rarely been able to sit with her in the congregation. But there is no one like her - absolutely no one. She is in every way supportive and is a woman of quiet and profoundly powerful faith.”
“Many years ago, it was my opportunity to serve as president of the Canadian Mission. There we had a branch with very limited priesthood. We always had a missionary presiding over the branch. I received a strong impression that we needed to have a member of the branch preside there.”
“I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. Don't take counsel of your fears.”
“Having gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a gift and not deliver it.”
“The future is as bright as your faith.”
“I hope I work effectively, but I never feel I have exhausted what I should be doing... I believe we have a responsibility to be a good influence on others.”
“Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.”
“The reward of eternal life requires effort.”
“The drive was brief and the conversation limited, but oh, what a legacy of love! Father never read to me from the Bible about the good Samaritan. Rather, he took me with him and Uncle Elias in that old 1928 Oldsmobile and provided a living lesson I have always remembered.”
“Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.”