Thomas S. Monson Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Thoughtful

• There is no better time than now, this very Christmas season, for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the principles taught by Jesus Christ. It is the time to love the Lord, our God, with all our heart – and our neighbors as ourselves. It is well to remember that he who gives money gives much; he who gives time gives more; but he who gives of himself gives all.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Jesus, Heart, Giving

• What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. It was said of Him that He “went about doing good.” As we do likewise, the Christmas spirit will be ours.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Gratitude, Teaching, Years

  "What Is Christmas?". www.lds.org. December 1998.

• Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Heart, Opportunity, Giving

  Thomas S. Monson (1992). “The Search for Jesus: A Christmas Message”, Shadow Mountain

• God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity in the cloud, the oil in the earth. He left the rivers unbridged and the forests unfelled and the cities unbuilt. God gives to man the challenge of raw materials, not the ease of finished things. He leaves the pictures unpainted and the music unsung and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joys and glories of creation.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Men, Clouds, Skills

• He who gives money gives some, he who gives time gives more, and he who gives of himself gives all.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Time, Giving

• Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Opportunity, Giving, Limitless

  Thomas S. Monson (1992). “The Search for Jesus: A Christmas Message”, Shadow Mountain

• My brothers and sisters, do we remember to give thanks for the blessings we receive? Sincerely giving thanks not only helps us recognize our blessings, but it also unlocks the doors of heaven and helps us feel God's love.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Gratitude, Brother, Blessing

  FaceBook post by Thomas S Monson from Nov 25, 2015

• Vice never leads to virtue. Hate never promotes love. Cowardice never gives courage. Doubt never inspires faith.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Hate, Giving, Inspire

• 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

  Stress, Self, People

• Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Christmas, Giving, Spirit

• The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of life may give buoyancy to the soul. In many families, there are hurt feelings and a reluctance to forgive. It doesn’t really matter what the issue was. It cannot and should not be left to injure. Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals. George Herbert, an early 17th-century poet, wrote these lines: ‘He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven, for everyone has need of forgiveness.’

  Thomas S. Monson

  Strong, Hurt, Bridges

• Do we give thanks to God 'for his unspeakable gift' and His rich blessings so abundantly bestowed upon us?

  Thomas S. Monson

  Blessing, Giving, Thanks

• A prayerful life is the key to possessing gratitude. We often take for granted the people who most deserve our gratitude. Let us not wait until it is too late for us to express our gratitude. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. If I gratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues. To express gratitude is gracious and honorable, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Gratitude, Heart, Keys

• As we move toward the future, we must not neglect the lessons of the past. Our Heavenly Father gave His Son. The Son of God gave His life. We are asked by Them to give our lives, as it were, in Their divine service. Will you? Will I? Will we? There are lessons to be taught, there are kind deeds to be done, there are souls to be saved.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Father, Moving, Son

• Who was this Man of sorrows, acquainted with grief? Who is the King of glory, this Lord of hosts? He is our Master. He is our Savior. He is the Son of God. He is the Author of our Salvation. He beckons, “Follow me.” He instructs, “Go, and do thou likewise.” He pleads, “Keep my commandments.” Let us follow Him. Let us emulate His example. Let us obey His word. By so doing, we give to Him the divine gift of gratitude.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Gratitude, Kings, Grief

• A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives. This requires conscious effort-at least until we have truly learned and cultivated an attitude of gratitude. Often we feel grateful and intend to express our thanks but forget to do so or just don't get around to it. Someone has said that "feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

  Thomas S. Monson

  Gratitude, Attitude, Father

• May we give as the Savior gave. To give of oneself is a holy gift. We give as a remembrance of all the Savior has given.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Giving, Remembrance, May

• Times change, years speed by, but Christmas continues sacred. It is through giving, rather than getting, that the spirit of Christ enters our lives. God still speaks. He prompts. He guides. He blesses. He gives.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Years, Giving, Sacred

  Thomas S. Monson (1988). “Live the Good Life”, Shadow Mountain

• I express my profound thanks to a loving Heavenly Father who gives to you, to me, and to all who sincerely seek, the knowledge that death is not the end, that His Son--even our Savior Jesus Christ--died that we might live. Temples of the Lord dot the lands of many countries. Sacred covenants are made. Celestial glory awaits the obedient. Families can be together forever.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Country, Jesus, Father

• Do not yield to Satan's enticements; rather, stand firm for truth. The unsatisfied yearnings of the soul will not be met by a never-ending quest for joy amidst the thrills of sensation and vice. Vice never leads to virtue. Hate never promotes love. Cowardice never gives courage. Doubt never inspires faith.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Hate, Yield, Giving

• Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives: ‘I know that my Redeemer lives!’

  Thomas S. Monson

  Sweet, Giving, Joy

• As we attend the temple, there can come to us a dimension of spirituality and a feeling of peace which will transcend any other feeling which could come into the human heart. We will grasp the true meaning of the words of the Savior when He said: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. … Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

  Thomas S. Monson

  Heart, Giving, Feelings

  "Blessings of the Temple". Thomas S. Monson’s address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2015.

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