David A. Bednar Quotes

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

I'd say most definitely with my faith, there's no room for me with it. It's always about other people. It's always about loving on other people and giving praise where praise is due.

Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.

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

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

We love most those who we serve most.

When we promote the well-being of others God has placed in our lives our service glorifies God.

Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

Jesus did not only serve the needs of the people, but truly hoped that the people and Jesus would be one.

Love is sacrifice.

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

Saints were saints because they acted with loving kindness whether they felt like it or not.

I will give my life to whoever in need, to any dear friend of mine.

If you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

Brotherhood means laying down your life for somebody, really willing to sacrifice yourself for somebody else.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.