Love

"Each of us has opportunities for Church assignments. This opportunity of serving in the Church enables us to demonstrate a love of God and a love of our neighbor. It was King Benjamin who said, “When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.” There is no finer way to demonstrate love of God than by serving Him in the positions to which we may be called." Thomas S. Monson, How Do We Show Our Love, Liahona, Feb. 1998

"As we love our God, as we love our neighbor, we can be the recipients of our Heavenly Father’s love. Of all the blessings I have had in my life, one of the sweetest is that feeling the Lord provides when I know that He has answered the prayer of another person through me." Thomas S. Monson, How Do We Show Our Love, Liahona, Feb. 1998

"Love is the catalyst that causes change. Love is the balm that brings healing to the soul. But love doesn’t grow like weeds or fall like rain. Love has its price. “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”" Thomas S. Monson, The Doorway of Love, Liahona, Feb. 1996

"Tears came to my eyes when I read of a young boy who noticed a vagrant asleep on a sidewalk and who then went to his own bedroom, retrieved his pillow, and placed it beneath the head of that one whom he knew not. Perhaps there came from the past these welcome words: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”" Thomas S. Monson, The Doorway of Love, Liahona, Feb. 1996

"Have you ever wondered what language we all spoke when we lived in the presence of God? I have strong suspicions that it was German, though I suppose no one knows for sure. But I do know that in our premortal life we learned firsthand, from the Father of our spirits, a universal language—one that has the power to overcome emotional, physical, and spiritual barriers.

That language is the pure love of Jesus Christ." Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Your Wonderful Journey Home, Broadcast

"You can know if you are learning this language of love by evaluating what motivates your thoughts and actions.

When your primary thoughts are focused on how things will benefit you, your motivations may be selfish and shallow. That is not the language you want to learn.

But when your primary thoughts and behaviors are focused on serving God and others—when you truly desire to bless and lift up those around you—then the power of the pure love of Christ can work in your heart and life. That is the language you want to learn." Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Your Wonderful Journey Home, Broadcast

"The two great commandments—to love God and our neighbor—are a joining of the temporal and the spiritual. It is important to note that these two commandments are called “great” because every other commandment hangs upon them.4 In other words, our personal, family, and Church priorities must begin here. All other goals and actions should spring from the fountain of these two great commandments—from our love for God and for our neighbor.

Like two sides of a coin, the temporal and spiritual are inseparable." Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Providing in the Lord's Way, General Conference, Oct. 2011

"Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage. It is the primary cause of contented, well-developed children. Who can justly measure the righteous influence of a mother’s love?" Richard G. Scott, The Eternal Blessings of Marriage, General Conference, April 2011

"I know what it is to love a daughter of Father in Heaven who with grace and devotion lived the full feminine splendor of her righteous womanhood. I am confident that when, in our future, I see her again beyond the veil, we will recognize that we have become even more deeply in love." Richard G. Scott, The Eternal Blessings of Marriage, General Conference, April 2011

"...the Lord’s way to help those in temporal need requires people who out of love have consecrated themselves and what they have to God and to His work." Henry B. Eyring, Opportunities to Do Good, General Conference, April 2011

Love is an interesting subject for me. My family and I have always known me as being very laid back, and I'd even say dispassionate at times. I used to be somewhat confused by what love was and how to recognize it. I knew I would sacrifice anything for my family, but I thought I might do that for anyone. I didn't feel I knew what love was, and I think that Heavenly Father sent certain people into my life to teach me what it was and show me that I do indeed have it in abundant supply. What I liked about finding these quotes was that they sort of showed me where and how to direct love.