Quotes about Service

A new breed of ministers is rising up who will not wear out for the gospel. They are so caught up in passion, unity, and fullness that they run out and say, "World, here I come!" If they go into places where they get shot at, they are thrilled. If they do not get shot at, they are thrilled. If the place they go is filthy, they are thrilled. If it is clean, they are thrilled. Jesus is the joy set before them. He is their exceedingly great reward.

When I held Beatrice, I caught scabies and lice. But it didn't matter. My only goal is to love more.

Even if I could only bring Him one little grape, I knew that grape was precious to Him because I had worked my whole life for it.

Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community.

The Lord and His Church have always encouraged education to increase our ability to serve Him and our Heavenly Father's chlidren. For each of us, whatever our talents, He has service for us to give. And to do it well always involves learning, not once or for a limited time, but continually.

Have you felt, as I have, the impression to help someone only to find that what you were inspired to give was exactly what someone needed at that very moment? That is a wonderful assurance that God knows all of our needs and counts on us to fill the needs of others around us.

When I find myself drawn away from my priesthood duties by other interests and when my body begs for rest, I give to myself this rallying cry: "Remember Him.

Success in the Lord's service always produces miracles beyond our own powers.

The reality is that the Lord never calls the qualified; He qualifies the called.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.