"Avoid the philosophy and excuse that yesterday's luxuries……" — Thomas S. Monson
"Avoid the philosophy and excuse that yesterday's luxuries have become today's necessities. They aren't necessities unless we ourselves make them such. . . . It is essential for us to live within our means."
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365 Quotes by Thomas S. Monson
Thomas S. Monson has 365 quotes on this site.
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In sickness, with its attendant pain, patience is required. If the only perfect man who ever lived-even Jesus of Nazareth-was…
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There is much that is difficult and challenging in the world today, my brothers and sisters, but there is also…
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A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us…
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May we ever watch over one another, assisting in times of need. Let us not be critical and judgmental, but…
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I would hope that we would not lose the real objective of our cherished opportunities to serve. That objective, that…
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Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There…
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Have an attitude of gratitude.
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We were not placed on this earth to walk alone.
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We truly need Him every hour, whether they be hours of sunshine or of rain.
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If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.
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So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes…
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I promise you that one day you will stand aside and look at your difficult times, you will realize that…
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United…
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Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid…
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I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid…
— Paul Auster
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Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.
— Richard Bach
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— Christian Bale
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Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.
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My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what…
— Martha Beck
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it…
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Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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