QuoteProject
If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.
Thomas S. Monson
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

To positively impact others, you must first cultivate your own inner brightness and strength.

This quote emphasizes the importance of self-development and personal growth in order to help and inspire others. It suggests that one must possess their own light—skills, wisdom, and positivity—before they can effectively share it with those around them.

Themes

LightGlowSelf-ImprovementInspirationGrowth

In practice

Example use cases

In a motivational speech about self-care and helping others.

More from Thomas S. Monson

Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove ourselves worthy to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father. In order for us to be tested, we must face challenges and difficulties. These can break us, and the surface of our souls may crack and crumble-that is, if our foundations of faith, our testimonies of truth are not deeply embedded within us.
Thomas S. MonsonRead
We are never alone when we stand with our Father in Heaven.
Thomas S. MonsonRead
Things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us.
Thomas S. MonsonRead
The face of sin today often wears the mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind that facade is heartache, unhappiness and pain. .. YOU be the one to make a stand for right, even if you stand alone. Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow.
Thomas S. MonsonRead
Gracias, danke, merci - whatever language is spoken, "thank you" frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and lift your lives to a higher pathway as you journey toward perfection. There is a simplicity - even a sincerity - when "thank you" is spoken.
Thomas S. MonsonRead
No member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has canned peas, topped beets, hauled hay, shoveled coal, or helped in any way to serve others ever forgets or regrets the experience of helping provide for those in need.
Thomas S. MonsonRead

Similar quotes

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
Bruce LeeRead
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
Ram DassRead
Knowing how to fight made men more bold, because no one fears doing what it seems to him he has learned to do. Therefore, the ancients wanted their citizens to be trained in every warlike action.
Niccolo MachiavelliRead
Lack of confidence is what makes you want to change somebody else's mind. When you're OK, you don't need to convince anyone else in order to empower yourself.
Jada Pinkett SmithRead
Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
Napoleon BonaparteRead
Consider the bigger picture.....think things through and fully commit!
EpictetusRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.