Quote Journal: Service

1)"When we think of service, we usually think of the acts of our hands. But the scriptures teach that the Lord looks to our thoughts as well as to our acts. One of God’s earliest commandments to Israel was that they should love him and “serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” (Deut. 11:13.) (Dallin H. Oaks, Why Do We Serve? 1984 November Ensign, http://www.lds.org)

2)"Love is what inspired our Heavenly Father to create our spirits; it is what led our Savior to the Garden of Gethsemane to make Himself a ransom for our sins. Love is the grand motive of the plan of salvation; it is the source of happiness, the ever-renewing spring of healing, the precious fountain of hope. As we extend our hands and hearts toward others in Christlike love, something wonderful happens to us. Our own spirits become healed, more refined, and stronger. We become happier, more peaceful, and more receptive to the whisperings of the Holy Spirit.” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, You Are My Hands, 2010 May Ensign, http://www.lds.org)

3)"My brothers and sisters, we are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness—be they family members, friends, acquaintances, or strangers. We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us.” (Thomas S. Monson, What Have I Done for Someone Today? 2009 November Ensign, http://www.lds.org)

4)"Help others in their race of life. Remember that when you help another up a mountain, you are a little nearer the top yourself.” (Thomas S. Monson, Great Expectations, 2009 January CES Fireside for young adults, http://www.lds.org)

5)"It is not easy to give up our personal priorities and desires. . . . [But] ‘he who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms in this life and in eternity’ (Gordon B. Hinckley, Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley [1997], 588).” (Dallin H. Oaks, Unselfish Service, 2009 May Ensign, http://www.lds.org)

6)"We all enjoy giving and receiving presents. But there is a difference between presents and gifts. The true gifts may be part of ourselves--giving of the riches of the heart and mind--and therefore more enduring and of far greater worth than presents bought at the store.” (James E. Faust, A Christmas with No Presents, 2001 December Ensign, http://www.lds.org)

7)"We must also serve Him to love Him. Joseph Smith did that, finally surrendering life itself in His service. Joseph prayed with the intent to obey. That obedience always includes service to others. Service in God's work allows us to feel a part of what He feels and come to know Him.” (Henry B. Eyring, Prayer, 2001 November Ensign, http://www.lds.org)

8)"The history of the Relief Society of filled with accounts of . . . remarkable selfless service. In the terrible days of persecution and deprivation as the faithful moved from Ohio to Missouri to Illinois and then across the deserts going west, the sisters in their poverty and sorrows cared for others. You would weep as I did if I now read to you some of the accounts in your history. You would be touched by their generosity but even more by your recognition of the faith which lifted and sustained them." (Henry B. Eyring, The Enduring Legacy of Relief Society, 2009 November Ensign, http://www.lds.org)

9)"Sometimes we feel that we are weak and lack the strength to rescue others, but the Lord reminds us, ‘Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me’ (Matthew 25:40).” (Koichi Aoyagi, Helping Hands, Saving Hands, 2010 May Ensign, http://www.lds.org)

10)"When God entrusts you with His sacred priesthood, He shows great confidence in you. He knows He can trust you to use the priesthood to serve others, just as He has trusted other young men to do some of His most important work." (David L. Beck, The Magnificent Aaronic Priesthood, 2010 May Ensign, http://www.lds.org)