My earnest prayer is that you will have the courage required to refrain from judging others, the courage to be chaste and virtuous, and the courage to stand firm for truth and righteousness. As you do so, you will be โan example of the believersโ (1 Timothy 4:12), and your life will be filled with love and peace and joy.
Thomas S. MonsonChrist's peace can permeate any heart - hearts that are troubled, burdened with grief, confused, and pleading for help.
Thomas S. MonsonVice never leads to virtue. Hate never promotes love. Cowardice never gives courage. Doubt never inspires faith.
Thomas S. MonsonPermissiveness, immorality, pornography, drugs, the power of peer pressure-all these and more-cause many to be tossed about on a sea of sin and crushed on the jagged reefs of lost opportunities, forfeited blessings, and shattered dreams.
Thomas S. MonsonFrom the Book of Mormon come other precious promises, including promises of peace, freedom, and blessings if we 'will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ' (Ether 2:12).
Thomas S. Monson