James E. Faust Quotes

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind should we serve?

If life only has the meaning you bring to it, we have the opportunity to bring rich meaning to our lives by the service we do for others.

If you want to serve the universe, the obvious place to begin is right where you are. That's where I began. I looked at every situation I came into and wondered, 'What can I do to be of service in this situation?' Sometimes there was nothing I could do, but often there was - a helping hand, a word of cheer, a pleasant smile. Then, after I had given a lot, a most wonderful spiritual receiving began - giving me more to give.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

I just want to be remembered as a person who loved God, who served others more than he served himself, who was trying to grow in maturity and stability.

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

I think for me, happiness is crucial, but I think we think that happiness comes from amassing goods and getting things and being loved and being successful, when in fact my experience of happiness comes when you give everything away, when you serve people, when you're watching something you do make somebody happy - that's when happiness happens.

No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.

Love God; love others; do your best in all you do, even if you fall short!

Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

I resolve in future to live for mankind, as I have heretofore lived for myself.

Service is that which is done for love's sake for another. It is not true service which is paid with wages

Faith and service to others were pillars in Rev. DeBose's life. I knew him as a very kind person and an outstanding public servant.