Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes

Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people.

We all have a responsibility, and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity.

For me, personally, I feel like that's my duty while I'm on this earth is to serve others and use my blessing to bless others. If I'm not doing that, I feel like I'm not serving my purpose. That's my goal, that's my passion, and that's what I intend to do for the rest of my life.

The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity--to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions,"How can I help? How can I help all those that I come into contact with?" When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of the Law of Dharma.

The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.

There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you are sowing a seed for God to be good to you.

The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.

When you reach out to others in need, when you reach out to the world, you really do have a satisfying life by helping others.

When your inner mantra becomes 'How may I serve?' rather than 'What am I going to get?' and 'Who do I need to defeat?,' you start to see the unfolding of God in everything and everyone around you and you shift into higher consciousness.

The needs of others are ever present, and each of us can do something to help someone.... Unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives.

There is not a need to prove anything to anyone with your words. Let that which you are - that which you are living - be your clear example to uplift others.

In your morning prayer each new day, ask Heavenly Father to guide you to recognize an opportunity to serve one of His precious children. Then go throughout the day with your heart full of faith and love, looking for someone to help. Stay focused, just like the honeybees focus on the flowers from which to gather nectar and pollen. If you do this, your spiritual sensitivities will be enlarged and you will discover opportunities to serve that you never before realized were possible.

Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.

I look around and there are needs that people have. Places have needs. These times have needs, and I have the education and the ability to communicate with it and help to solve those needs.

Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need.

One who practices pure religion soon discovers it is more rewarding to lift a man up than to hold him down.

Is there any real purpose in being alive if all we are going to do is get up every day and live only for ourselves? Live your life to help others. Give & live selflessly.

It is our duty to serve those who serve us.

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

They serve best who give most of themselves. Self is forgotten by the one who serves, for such a one rejoices to see success coming to others through his or her efforts.

Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.

The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.

One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.