Service

"In a similar way, our spiritual progress is inseparably bound together with the temporal service we give to others.
     "The one complements the other. The one without the other is a counterfeit of God's plan of happiness."
(President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Providing in the Lord's Way", General Conference October 2011)

"Too often we notice the needs around us, hoping that someone from far away will magically appear to meet those needs. Perhaps we wait for experts with specialized knowledge to solve specific problems. When we do this, we deprive our neighbor of the service we could render, and we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to serve. While there is nothing wrong with experts, let's face it: there will never be enough of them to solve all the problems. Instead, the Lord has placed His priesthood and its organization at our doorsteps in every nation where the Church is established. And, right by its side, He has placed the Relief Society. As we priesthood holders know, no welfare effort is successful if it fails to make use of the remarkable gifts and talents of our sisters."
(President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Providing in the Lord's Way", General Conference October 2011)

"Whether we are rich or poor, regardless of where we live on this globe, we all need each other, for it is in sacrificing our time, talents, and resources that our spirits mature and become refined."
(President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Providing in the Lord's Way", General Conference October 2011)

"We lose our life by serving and lifting others. By so doing we experience the 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."
(President Marion G. Romney, "The Celestial Nature of Self-reliance", October 1982 General Conference)