Our giving should support our personal goals and values. President Gordon B. Hinckley said the following:

Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others. (“Whosoever Will Save His Life,” Ensign, Aug. 1982, 5)

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has said the following:

If the Savior were among us in mortality today, He would be found ministering to the needy, the suffering, the sick. (“Inspired Church Welfare,” Ensign, May 1999, 78)