Thomas S. Monson, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Tuesday at the age of 90. His cause of death was said to be his degraded health condition due to his age.

Monson, who was born in Salt Lake City, on Aug. 21, 1927, served as the 16th president since Feb. 3, 2008. According to his bio on the church's website, Monson served as a Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church since Nov. 10, 1985, and on March 12, 1995, he was set apart as First Counselor to President Gordon B. Hinckley. Before that, he was Second Counselor to President Howard W. Hunter, and later Second Counselor to President Ezra Taft Benson. He was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Oct. 4, 1963, and ordained an Apostle on Oct. 10, 1963, at the age of 36.

"Sustained as an Apostle at the age of 36, President Monson was one of the youngest men to be called to this position," his website says. "At age 22, after his marriage to Frances Beverly Johnson, President Monson was called to serve as the bishop of the Sixth-Seventh Ward in Salt Lake City. Eighty-five widows lived in the ward, and as a young bishop he visited each one regularly, making sure their spiritual and temporal needs were met. It was also here he began his lifelong involvement with the Boy Scouts of America."

Below are some inspiring quotes by Monson, courtesy Brainy Quotes.

1. "Do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle."

2. "The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility."

3. "Decisions are constantly before us. To make them wisely, courage is needed—the courage to say no, the courage to say yes. Decisions do determine destiny."

4. "There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testimony of the truth."

5. "The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility."

6. "Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval."

7. "Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life."

8. "The opportunity to declare a truth may come when we least expect it. Let us be prepared."

9. "Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other."

10. "We tend to become like those we admire."

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