To Live Greatly

A message from God's prophet on the earth, President Thomas S. Monson, in the June 2010 Ensign

To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to ~

Face Trouble with Courage

Disappointment with Cheerfulness

& Triumph with Humility

You ask, “How might we achieve these goals?” I answer, “By gaining a true perspective of who we really are!” We are sons and daughters of a living God, in whose image we have been created. Think of that: created in the image of God. We cannot sincerely hold this conviction without experiencing a profound new sense of strength and power.

In our world, moral character ofttimes seems secondary to beauty or charm. But from long ago the Lord’s counsel to Samuel the prophet echoes: “The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7).