Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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November 06, 1940 in Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf, a former German aviator and airline executive, is the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Uchtdorf was born to ethnic Germans Karl Albert Uchtdorf and Hildegard Else Opelt in Moravská Ostrava (German: Mährisch-Ostrau), which at the time was in the Nazi-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Ostrava, Czech Republic). When he was a child, his family moved to Zwickau in eastern Germany while his father was away in the army, traveling through areas being bombed. Uchtdorf's family joined the LDS Church when he was young as a result of his grandmother's encounter with a church member in a soup line.

When Uchtdorf was about ten, his father's p...more

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Books by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Average rating: 4.54 · 1,262 ratings · 347 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Remarkable Soul of a Woman 4.46 avg rating — 827 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Your Happily Ever After 4.68 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Forget Me Not 4.89 avg rating — 79 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	Sister Eternal 4.57 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	A Light Shall Break Forth: Talks From The 2005 Byu Women's Conference by Julie B. Beck (Contributor), Sandra Rogers (Contributor), Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings	My rating:

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“What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.”
― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

tags: inspirational

86 people liked it

“In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.”
― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

tags: good-will , happiness , prayer , service

70 people liked it

“The heavens will not be filled with those who never made mistakes but with those who recognized that they were off course and who corrected their ways to get back in the light of gospel truth.”
― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

tags: afterlife , repentance

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