Kindness, Peace Making, Compassion, Charity

(#1-AMD) “I’m proud to belong to a group of women defined by charity—the Relief Society. The Relief Society was founded to do good in the world, and we’re intent on this goal. The lives of charitable women are so imbued with the pure love of our Savior that charity is the way we think and act every day of our lives.” "by Elaine L Jack March 1992 BYU Devotional http://speeches.byu.edu/index.php?act=viewitem&id=723

(#2-AMD) “Let people repent. Let people grow. Believe that people can change and improve. Is that faith? Yes! Is that hope? Yes! Is it charity? Yes! Above all, it is charity, the pure love of Christ. If something is buried in the past, leave it buried. Don’t keep going back with your little sand pail and beach shovel to dig it up, wave it around, and then throw it at someone, saying, “Hey! Do you remember this?” Splat!”  "Remember Lot's Wife" by Elder Jeffrey R Holland, January 2009 http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1819

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

(#3-AMD)“Kindness, love, patience, understanding, and unity will increase as we serve, while intolerance, jealousy, envy, greed, and selfishness decrease or disappear. The more we give of ourselves, the more our capacity to serve, understand, and love will grow.” by Elder Carlos Amado, April 2008 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2008/04/service-a-divine-quality?lang=eng
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(#4-AMD) “May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality… First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love.” "Formula for Success" by President Thomas S Monson, March 1996 https://www.lds.org/ensign/1996/03/formula-for-success?lang=eng
Thomas S. Monson

(#5-AMD)
“We can all be a little kinder, a little more generous, a little more thoughtful of one another. We can be a little more tolerant and friendly to those not of our faith, going out of our way to show our respect for them. We cannot afford to be arrogant or self-righteous. It is our obligation to reach out in helpfulness not only to our own but to all others as well.” "Thanks to the Lord for His Blessings" by President Gordon B Hinckley, April 1996 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1999/04/thanks-to-the-lord-for-his-blessings?lang=eng
Gordon B. Hinckley

(#6-AMD) “We each have a covenant responsibility to be sensitive to the needs of others and serve as the Savior did—to reach out, bless, and uplift those around us. Often, the answer to our prayer does not come while we’re on our knees but while we’re on our feet serving the Lord and serving those around us. Selfless acts of service and consecration refine our spirits, remove the scales from our spiritual eyes, and open the windows of heaven. By becoming the answer to someone’s prayer, we often find the answer to our own.” "Waiting on the Road to Damascus" by Dieter F Uchtdorf, May 2011 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/waiting-on-the-road-to-damascus?lang=eng
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(#7-AMD) “And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive. And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works.” Alma 7:23-24

(#8-AMD) “There is power in our love for God and for His children, and when that love is tangibly manifest in millions of acts of Christian kindness, it will sweeten and nourish the world with the life-sustaining nectar of faith, hope, and charity.” "Be Anxiously Engaged" by M Russell Ballard, October 2012 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/be-anxiously-engaged?lang=eng
Elder M. Russell Ballard

(#9-AMD) “Putting away worldly gods means keeping impure thoughts out of our minds, shedding all hateful feelings from our hearts, and ridding our lives of everything which may prevent the Holy Ghost from being always with us.”
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(#10-AMD) “Brothers and sisters, there are going to be times in our lives when someone else gets an unexpected blessing or receives some special recognition. May I plead with us not to be hurt—and certainly not to feel envious—when good fortune comes to another person? We are not diminished when someone else is added upon. We are not in a race against each other to see who is the wealthiest or the most talented or the most beautiful or even the most blessed. The race we are really in is the race against sin, and surely envy is one of the most universal of those.” "The Laborers in the Vinyard" by Elder Jeffrey R Holland, April 2012 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/04/the-laborers-in-the-vineyard?lang=eng
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

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