Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes

It is only in helping someone else to awake that I awake.

By helping others come unto Him, you will find that you have come unto Him yourself

Think about all the good things of your life. Never think about your difficulties. Forget yourself, and concentrate on being of service as much as you can in this world, and then, having lost your lower self in a cause greater than yourself, you will find your higher self: your real self.

I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.

Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.

Little did I realize that my desire to add value to others would be the thing that added value to me!

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

My faith is central to everything I do. My faith position is a Good Samaritan position of trying to watch out for the other person.

When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any way muzzle your empathy and are inspired to actually do something, these are moments to learn from.

I was sitting around, moping and feeling badly for myself. I went to the hospital to visit a child, and it hit me: helping people is what I'm meant to do.

we come to realize that other people's welfare is just as important as our own. In helping them, we help ourselves. In helping ourselves, we help the world.

Let not the tie be mercenary, though the service is measured in money. Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.

You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.

When you serve others, when you make somebody else’s life better, when you lift up people, when you help heal those that are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you’re being blessed.

Your heart, my friend, is the size of a stadium. If you try to fill it with small things - a new car, a vacation, a promotion at work, a bigger home, a stock portfolio - a mournful echo will fill your life. But if you fill your stadium with all of humanity and search for ways to make their lives better each day, you will find yourself in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing in the right way.

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.

The only way to save yourself is to endeavor to save others.

As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself, gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.

The more we help others, the more we help ourselves

Service is the highest form of prayer as far as I am concerned.

I have more fun, and enjoy more finan­cial suc­cess, when I stop try­ing to get what I want and start help­ing other peo­ple get what they want.

Our rule is the works of mercy... It is the way of sacrifice, worship, a sense of reverence.

Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.

The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls. We become more significant individuals as we serve others. We become more substantive as we serve others—indeed, it is easier to “find” ourselves because there is so much more of us to find!