“Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.”

— Thomas S. Monson

The Call for Courage http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-439-21,00.html, speaking at General Conference in April 2004.

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president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1927–2018

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