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Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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Dieter F. Uchtdorf speaks with gentle authority, blending faith with everyday practicality. In these 377 quotes you’ll encounter encouragement that lifts the spirit and steadies the heart.

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Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf is the acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to his calling to full-time church service, he worked as an aviator and airline executive.

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Notable works: Generous One [Christmas Booklet 2023]

About Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf is the acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to his calling to full-time church service, he worked as an aviator and airline executive. Called as an apostle in 2004, he served as Second Counselor to Thomas S. Monson in the First Presidency from 2008 until Monson's death on 2 January 2018. Currently, Uchtdorf is the third most senior apostle in the ranks of the church.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Christ's gospel is the only true gospel.

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Christ

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What you create doesn't have to be perfect.

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Create

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Love should be our walk and our talk.

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Divisiveness

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Love is spelt T.I.M.E.

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Love

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The most important thing is to keep trying.

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Alibaba

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Often small acts of service are all that is required to lift and bless another.

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Acts of service

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Hope is a leg of a 3-legged stool with Faith and Charity.

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Charity

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God wants you to find your way back to Him, and the Savior is the way.

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God

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Let us resolve to be happy regardless of our circumstance.

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Circumstances

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You are stronger than you realize. You are more capable than you can imagine.

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Capable

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Commandments are opportunities to exercise our agency and to receive blessings.

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Agency

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I pray that we will not wait until we are ready to die before we truly learn to live.

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Dies

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All you have to do is trust your Heavenly Father. Trust Him enough to follow His plan.

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Enough

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It is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions.

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Adverse

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When I study and ponder moral agency and its eternal consequences, I realize that we are truly spirit children of God and…

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Character

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Let us simplify our lives a little, let us make the changes necessary to focus on the simple, humble path of Christian…

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Christian

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Learn to see yourself as Heavenly Father sees you - as His precious daughter or son with divine potential.

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Children

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There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.

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Beauty

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The lessons we learn from patience will cultivate our character, lift our lives, and heighten our happiness.

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Character

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Often the answer to our prayer does not come while we're on our knees, but while we're on our feet serving the…

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Acts of service

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Heavenly Father offers to you the greatest gift of all—eternal life—and the opportunity and infinite blessing of your own “happily ever after.”

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Blessing

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God wants to help us to eventually turn all of our weaknesses into strengths,1 but He knows that this is a long-term…

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Discipleship

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It is my prayer that patience will be a defining characteristic of we who hold the priesthood of Almighty God; that we…

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Almighty

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The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news, glad tidings, and much more. It is the message of salvation as repeatedly announced…

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Apostles

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It might sound contrary to the wisdom of the world to suggest that one who is burdened with sorrow should give thanks…

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Bitterness

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“Having faith in Jesus Christ and in His Atonement means relying completely on Him—trusting in His infinite power, intelligence, and love. When…

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Faith

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True love requires action. We can speak of love all day long, we can write notes or poems that proclaim it, sing…

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Action

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The spirit of gratitude is always pleasant and satisfying because it carries with it a sense of helpfulness to others; it begets…

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Begets

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Commandments and covenants of God are like navigational instructions from celestial heights and will lead us safely to our eternal destination. It…

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Celestial

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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…

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Compassion

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Every person, young and old, has had his own personal experience with falling. Falling is what we mortals do. But as long…

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Can do

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“May I invite you to rise to the great potential within you. But don’t reach beyond your capacity. Don’t set goals beyond…

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Confidence

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There is no end to the creativity, ingenuity, and tenacity of those who look for reasons to criticize. They cannot seem to…

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Confusion

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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…

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Annoying

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I would like to use this little flower as a metaphor. The five petals of the little forget-me-not flower prompt me to…

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Be patient

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“Religion without action is like soap that remains in the box. It may have wondrous potential, but in reality it has little…

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Christianity

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This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding…

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Causes

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Keeping the commandments is not a burden, but a joyous rehearsal for the eternity.

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Burden

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To strengthen our relationship with God, we need some meaningful time alone with Him

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Alone time

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The perfect place to begin is exactly where you are right now.

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Aviator

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Dieter F. Uchtdorf by topic

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