Quotes by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

About Dieter F. Uchtdorf:

Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf is a German aviator, airline executive and religious leader. He currently serves as the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and is the ninth most senior apostle in the ranks of the church.
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The heavens will not be filled with those who never made mistakes but with those who recognized that they were off course and who corrected their ways to get back in the light of gospel truth.

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As you take the normal opportunities of your daily life and create something of beauty and helpfulness, you improve not only the world around you but also the world within you.

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[God] loves us because He is filled with an infinite measure of holy, pure, and indescribable love. We are important to God not because of our résumé but because we are His children. He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, aw...

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In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.

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‎"We shouldn't wait to be happy until we reach some future point, only to discover that happiness was already available--all the time!

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What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Often the deep valleys of our present will be understood only by looking back on them from the mountains of our future experience.

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Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can - working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with f...

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As sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father, we are capable of so much more. For that, good intentions are not enough. We must do. Even more important, we must become what Heavenly Father wants us to be. Declaring our testimony of the gospel is good...

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Rise up and become the person you were meant to be.

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Each of us is under a divinely spoken obligation to reach out with pardon and mercy and to forgive one another. There is a great need for this Christlike attribute in our families, in our marriages, in our wards and stakes, in our communities, and in...

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The one help we all need is given to us freely though the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Having faith in Jesus Christ and In His Atonement means relying completely on Him-trusting in His infinite power, intelligence, and love.

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Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agenncy righteously.

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We are not perfect. The people around us are not perfect. People do things that annoy, disappoint, and anger. In this mortal life it will always be that way. Nevertheless, we must let go of our grievances. Part of the purpose of mortality is to learn...

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Author Bio

  • NameDieter F. Uchtdorf
  • DescriptionGerman Mormon leader
  • BornNovember 6, 1940
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionAviator
  • AwardsCross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany