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"Giving is the secret of a healthy life...not necessarily money, but whatever a man has of encouragement and sympathy and understanding."
"God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability!"
Elder Henry B. Eyring
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"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, One for helping yourself, the other for helping others."
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"The greatest reward is not what we receive for our labor, but what we become by it."
"Whatever you give to life will return to you--MULTIPLIED! This applies to our daily thoughts, feelings, and actions, be they positive or negative, uplifting or depressing."
"If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain.
If I can cease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain."
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He said that Church members "cannot live unto ourselves. The more we forget ourselves and lose ourselves in the service of others, the closer we draw to the Lord and His great work and kingdom."
Author Unknown
LIFT, SUSTAIN OTHERS"There isn't a bishop here who isn't aware of the fact that there are so very many people with problems and our job is to help them. That's why we're here. There's no other reason for our being here when all is said and done. We have to lift and sustain and strengthen people. The Lord's going to hold us accountable for what we do. "
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"Why do we serve? When we understand why, we won't be concerned about where we serve."
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------“You never can tell
when you do an act
just what the result will be;
for with every deed,
you are sowing a seed ~
though its harvest
you may never see.”~ author unknown ~
"Only a life that pours out itself in floods of unselfish service for others wins and holds affections."
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"We lose our life by serving and lifting others. By so doing we experience that only true and lasting happiness. Service is not something we endure on this earth so we can earn the right to live in the celestial kingdom. Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in the celestial kingdom is made."
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Those who labor unselfishly in behalf of others, with no thought of remuneration, will be physically and spiritually refreshed and renewed. "
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"We must remember that those mortals we meet in the parking lots, offices, elevators, and elsewhere are that portion of mankind God has given us to love and to serve. It will do us little good to speak of the general brotherhood of mankind if we cannot regard those who are all around us as our brothers and sisters."
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