Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. Thomas S. Monson Christmas
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things. Thomas S. Monson Christmas
My brothers and sisters, true love is a reflection of the Savior's love. In December of each year we call it the Christmas spirit. You can hear it. You can see it. You can feel it. Thomas S. Monson Christmas
As I approached my 18th birthday and prepared to enter military service in World War II, I was recommended to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood. Thomas S. Monson Birthday
Finding the real joy of Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the purchasing of gifts. We find real joy when we make the Savior the focus of the season. Thomas S. Monson Christmas
Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith. Thomas S. Monson Faith
Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other. Thomas S. Monson Faith
The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day. Thomas S. Monson God
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility. Thomas S. Monson Great
There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testimony of the truth. Thomas S. Monson Happiness