“ Dare to stand alone.”

By: Thomas S. Monson

Thomas S. Monson doesn’t mean to be completely alone. He means that you need to be alone when the people around you are doing the bad. You need to dare being alone while doing the right then to be with other who are doing nothing but choosing the wrong. I have seen several statements related to this one prior to this but Thomas S. Monson’s wording stood out more than the others. When I saw that he dares us to be alone I thought it was so different. The way IO think others will interpret this is that he is telling you to do something even though you don’t want to do it, because that is the literal meaning of a dare.I also thought it was funny because he is telling you to do something maybe you don’t want to by daring you while telling you not to do what others are doing because that is what you might want to do. An example if this quote, or statement, is at a wild party. If you are at a party where everyone else is drinking and smoking that is where the dare part of this quote comes to play. You are dared to not drink and choose what is right rather than to be part of a crowd and choosing the wrong. I actually like this statement because of how different it is but is still able to convey the same message. I, personally, think that this quote is going to impact me in the long run.     

“ You can’t be right by doing wrong; you can’t be right by doing wrong.”

BY: Thomas S. Monson

This statement by Thomas S. Monson lets us know that we should always choose that right. We, teenagers, usually think that because everyone else is doing something it make sit right and it’s not. This statement by Thomas Monson reminds me of this other famous statement. Just because everyone is doing something, it doesn’t make it okay. This is a statement that most adults agree with but the ones that least pay attention to it are teens. Teenagers want to have fun and live life to the fullest neglecting that there are things that can happen when you choose the wrong. An example of this is when you want to go to a party and your mom had said no. Your mom said that you can only go if your neighbor was  going. You choose to lie that your neighbor is going because you really want to go. Your mom believes you because it is not often that you lie. You also think that it’s okay because your neighbor was a little older than you were and they wouldn’t enjoy the party anyways. As of now you are thinking that you did the right thing by lying because you have a reason. Just because you have a reason to do something doesn’t make it right. At the end of the party you get home and your mom is waiting for you. It is then that you realize that it was wrong to have lied even though you thought it was right. From now on I’m going to take this statement by Thomas S. Monson when it comes to situations where I think that something is good even though it’s not. I usually do tell fibs once in a while to my parents but know that I reflect on it it’s not very obedient of me.