Lift a Heart

 

“We can lift ourselves and others as well when we refuse to remain in

the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude.”

Thomas S. Monson

Know ye not that ye are in the Hands of God.

 

 

You cannot lift another soul until you are standing on higher ground than he is. You must be sure, if you would rescue the man, that you yourself are setting the example of what you would have him be. You cannot light a fire in another soul unless it is burning in your own soul.”

Harold B. Lee

“Resist the temptation to get caught up in the frantic rush of everyday life. Slow down a little, steady the course, focus on the essentials, lift up our eyes, and truly see the things that matter most.”

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“If we lift one weary hand which hangs down, if we bring peace to one struggling soul, if we give as did the Master, we can—by showing the way—become a guiding star for some lost mariner.”

Thomas S. Monson

 

 

“Stretching our souls in service helps us to rise above our cares, concerns, and challenges. As we focus our energies on lifting the burdens of others, something miraculous happens. Our own burdens diminish. We become happier. There is more substance to our lives.”

David Baxter

 

 

“We will not only be lifted up at the last day but refreshed and encouraged along the way.”

Henry B. Eyring

 

 

“Often the greatest lifts we receive come from within the ranks of our families. Sometimes the hands needed most are those closest to us. Often the hands closest to us are the strongest…God has decreed family members are to help family members. God has decreed family members are to be a blessing to family members. When some of us in a discouraged frame of mind identify a family member as not worth a hand or a lift, may I remind us that when we continue to lift, regardless of the apparent results, added strength is ours. The more we lift, the more we are able to lift.”

Marvin J. Ashton

 

 

“Jesus spoke frequently of having hearts that could know and feel, ears that were capable of hearing, and eyes that could truly see… Each of us knows those who do not have sight. We also know many others who have their eyesight but who walk in darkness at noonday. These in this latter group may never carry the usual white cane and carefully make their way to the sound of the familiar ‘tap, tap, tap.’ They may not have a faithful seeing-eye dog by their side nor carry a sign about their neck which reads, ‘I am blind,’ but blind they surely are. Some have been blinded by anger, others by indifference, by revenge, by hate, by prejudice, by ignorance, by neglect of precious opportunities. Of such the Lord said, ‘Their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.’

Thomas S. Monson

 

 

“The desire to lift, the willingness to help, and the graciousness to give come from a heart filled with love.  ‘Love is the most noble attribute of the human soul.’ And William Shakespeare cautioned,

‘They do not love who do not show their love’

Thomas S. Monson