15 Quotes To Increase Your Happiness from Elder Uchtdorf

15 Quotes To Increase Your Happiness from Elder Uchtdorf

This past September I had an opportunity to visit my mission in New England, while I was there I attended Stake Conference where we had  Elder Anthony D. Perkins of the quorum on the 70 address us. Elder Perkins talked about happiness, and how we need to find joy in living the Gospel. He then told us that often in his meetings in Salt Lake City, Elder Uchtdorf often expresses concern about the Saints and their happiness. Elder Perkins even said, “If you are not happy living the Gospel, you are not doing it right”. Once I got home I started to study the addresses of Elder Uchtdorf, looking for the theme of “happiness.” Here are 15 quotes that I’ve fallen in love with during my studies!

“Creating and being compassionate are two objectives that contribute to our Heavenly Father’s perfect happiness. Creating and being compassionate are two activities that we as His spirit children can and should emulate.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Our birthright—and the purpose of our great voyage on this earth—is to seek and experience eternal happiness.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“We shouldn’t wait to be happy until we reach some future point, only to discover that happiness was already available—all the time! Life is not meant to be appreciated only in retrospect. “This is the day which the Lord hath made … ,” the Psalmist wrote. “Rejoice and be glad in it.””
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Discipleship is the pursuit of holiness and happiness. It is the path to our best and happiest self.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“patience is a purifying process that refines understanding, deepens happiness, focuses action, and offers hope for peace.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“The lessons we learn from patience will cultivate our character, lift our lives, and heighten our happiness.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“The more we devote ourselves to the pursuit of holiness and happiness, the less likely we will be on a path to regrets. The more we rely on the Savior’s grace, the more we will feel that we are on the track our Father in Heaven has intended for us.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“He gave us His gospel, a pearl beyond price, the grand key of knowledge that, once understood and applied, unlocks a life of happiness, peace, and fulfillment.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“You and I are ultimately in charge of our own happiness.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“The gospel is not a secret. It is not complicated or hidden. It can unlock the door to true happiness.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“The difference between happiness and misery in individuals, in marriages, and families often comes down to an error of only a few degrees.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Often the most difficult times of our lives are essential building blocks that form the foundation of our character and pave the way to future opportunity, understanding, and happiness.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“the gospel of Jesus Christ is not an obligation; it is a pathway, marked by our loving Father in Heaven, leading to happiness and peace in this life and glory and inexpressible fulfillment in the life to come. The gospel is a light that penetrates mortality and illuminates the way before us.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“There is nothing wrong with righteous yearnings—we hope and seek after things that are “virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy.” The problem comes when we put our happiness on hold as we wait for some future event—our golden ticket—to appear.”
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf