Missionary Service Quotes & Sayings

Home teaching is an excellent preparation for missionary service. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

Life is a sacred shared-life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God does not have to come and tell me what I must do for Him; He brings me into a relationship with Himself where I hear His call and understand what He wants me to do, and I do it out of sheer love to Him ... When people say they have had a call to foreign service, or to any particular sphere of work, they mean that their relationship to God has enabled them to realize what they can do for God. — Oswald J. Smith

The greatest conduct is love in action. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Now, I think our prophet today is telling all of us, in this day and time, to go and bring in those people who are out on the plains. Each worthy young man should go on a mission. And each one of us, though we may not be called to active missionary service, can be on a mission and be involved in a cause that is greater than we are, the greatest cause of all in the world: the salvation of each of our Father's children. — James E. Faust

In any age, there is no shortage of people willing to embark on a hazardous adventure. Columbus and Magellan filled eight ships between them for voyages into the void. One hundred and fifty years ago, the possibilities offered by missionary service were limitless and first-rate. Later, Scott and Shackleton turned away droves after filling their crews for their desperate Antarctic voyages. In 1959 ... sailor H.W. Tilman, looking for a crew for a voyage in an old wooden yacht to the Southern Ocean, ran this ad in the London Times: "Hand [man] wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure." Tilman received more replies than he could investigate, one from as far away as Saigon. — Peter Nichols

Missionary service is not only a test of faith but a real test of character. — ElRay L. Christiansen

When I was a missionary in London fifty years ago, my companion and I would shake hands in the morning and say to one another, 'Life is good'. Life in the service of the Lord is good. It is beautiful. It is rewarding. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Whenever we have opportunity to serve, we must serve with all our heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Along that straight and true path there are other goals: missionary service, temple marriage, Church activity, scripture study, prayer, temple work. There are countless worthy goals to reach as we travel through life. Needed is our commitment to reach them. — Thomas S. Monson

Do everything with love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Oh for a thousand lives to be spent in the service of Christ. — George Whitefield

The missionary is building the product and building the service because they love the customer, because they love the product, because they love the service. The mercenary is building the product or service so that they can flip the company and make money. — Jeff Bezos

The beauty of life is sharing life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We can serve humanity with passionate commitment to our divine purpose. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am a missionary, heart and soul. God had an only Son, and He was a missionary and a physician. I am a poor, poor imitation of Him, or wish to be. In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die! — David Livingstone

We can serve humanity with our divine passions and gifted skills. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Serve one another with great humility. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Missionary service is a priesthood duty. — Thomas S. Monson

We should also build the attitude that there is nothing of a vacation, nothing of a holiday in this great missionary service. It is hard, and at times discouraging, work. Last year our missionaries averaged sixty-seven hours a week in actual proselyting effort. Let those who contemplate missions realize that they will work as they have never worked before, and that they may expect such joy as they have not previously known. — Gordon B. Hinckley

What we need is a royal army of returned missionaries reenlisted into service. — L. Tom Perry

We have to work and serve humanity while we have the grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you find a need, reach out to help. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You must put all your heart into everything you do. — Lailah Gifty Akita

That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may eagerly assume their own missionary responsibility and consider it the highest service they can offer humanity. — Pope Benedict XVI

if the Mufti of Constantinople were to send a missionary to preach Mohammedanism to us, he would find a pulpit at his service. — Benjamin Franklin

Dedicated missionary service returns a dividend of eternal joy which extends throughout mortality and into eternity. — Thomas S. Monson

Lord, bring honor to thy Son at my expense, whatever the cost, and send me the bill. It is my reasonable service - He paid mine. — Carl Baugh

The service of bringing light to a troubled world must never end. — L. Tom Perry

Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar. — L. Tom Perry

I devote my life in service of humanity. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you are sure that He is calling and you can be sure that He will also remove the barriers that would preclude your service, in His perfect timing. Rest in that. — David Sills

Youth who have been exposed to immoral images at a very early age are terrified that they may have already disqualified themselves for missionary service and sacred covenants ... I want to assure you young people [that] through repentance you can qualify for all the blessings of heaven. That is what the Savior's Atonement is all about. — Quentin L. Cook

On occasion I have observed parents shopping to clothe a son about to enter missionary service. The new suits are fitted, the new shoes are laced, and shirts, socks, and ties are bought in quantity. I met one father who said to me, 'Brother Monson, I want you to meet my son.' Pride popped his buttons; the cost of the clothing emptied his wallet; love filled his heart. Tears filled my eyes when I noticed that his [the father's] suit was old, his shoes well worn; but he felt no deprivation. The glow on his face was a memory to cherish. — Thomas S. Monson

1845, when the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society declared that any slave owner would be disqualified from consideration for missionary service, Baptist churches in the South seceded and formed the Southern Baptist Convention so that members would not have to choose between their slaves and their calling to be missionaries. — Robert P. Jones

Work with enthusiasm. — Lailah Gifty Akita

From that day on I go to each door in turn and sing the three songs that I remember from school. Within a few days I'm overwhelmed how happy they appear to be when they hear or recognize me. — Corinne Hofmann