Top 577 Quotes & Sayings by Gordon B. Hinckley
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Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Knowledge, learning, is an eternal thing.
When all is said and done, the greatest satisfaction you'll have in this life as you grow old will be seeing your children grow in righteousness and faith and goodness as citizens of the society of which they are a part.
To you wives who are constantly complaining and see only the dark side of life, and feel that you are unloved and unwanted, look into your own hearts and minds. If there is something wrong, turn about. Put a smile on your faces. Make yourselves more attractive. Brighten your outlook.
You have to establish in your life some sense of prioritizing things, of giving emphasis to the important things and of laying aside the unimportant things that will lead to nothing.
Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.
Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.
The smallest gesture can mean to much to those who may need a little lift in their lives.
Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.
I've been blessed so abundantly that I can never get over it. I just feel so richly blessed that I want to extend that to others wherever I can.
The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection.
Pray in faith.
Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.
People seem to be looking for discipline in a topsy-turvy world.
The Savior of all mankind left the ninety and nine to find the one lost. That one who was lost need not have become lost.
We are all prone to be a little selfish, a little lazy.
I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context.
If every man would make his prime concern the comfort and well-being of his wife and every wife make her chief concern the comfort and well-being of her husband, we would have very little divorce in the land.
Be virtuous in thought and in deed. God has planted in you, for a purpose, a divine urge which may be easily subverted to evil and destructive ends.
I almost stand in awe when I think of Joseph Smith. The angel appeared to him in 1823 - he said to this simple little boy, 'Your name should be known for good and evil throughout the entire world.'
A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes.
People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.
We do not wonder that there is conflict in the world. There is now, and has been from the time that Cain slew Abel, so much of hatred.
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.
Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.
There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.
Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but the study will have given you a better understanding of your own tongue or of another tongue you may be asked to acquire.
You dear women, I say thanks to you. Thank you for being the kind of people you are and doing the things you do.
We magnify our priesthood and enlarge our calling when we serve with diligence and enthusiasm in those responsibilities to which we are called by proper authority.
The most persuasive gospel tract is the exemplary life of a faithful Latter-day Saint.
Until I got older, I never dreamed of what a demanding responsibility it is to keep food in the pantry, to keep clothing neat and presentable, to buy all that is needed to keep a home running.
We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.
Small aberrations in doctrinal teaching can lead to large and evil falsehoods.
I do not concern myself much with reading long commentary volumes designed to enlarge at length upon that which is found in the scriptures. Rather, I prefer to dwell with the source, tasting of the unadulterated waters of the fountain of truth - the word of God as he gave it and as it has been recorded in the books we accept as scripture.
I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman.
Seek to establish an environment conducive to study in the home.
Oh, I don't think religion has failed. It's man who has failed. Christ hasn't failed. The Gospel hasn't failed. The teachings of God have not failed.
Our bodies... are the tabernacles of our spirits.
Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.
I spent one night in the hospital in my life. I was past 75 when that occurred.
Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.
Some of our finest work comes through service to others.
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
Choose your friends carefully. It is they who will lead you in one direction or the other.
Today is a part of eternity.
Through reading the scriptures, we can gain the assurance of the Spirit that that which we read has come of God for the enlightenment, blessing, and joy of his children.
There is no substitute for marrying in the temple.
In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference.
My wife once said that one of her great ambitions was to walk down the streets of Hong Kong with her children. So we all went to Asia on one occasion. Then she said she'd like to walk down the streets of Jerusalem with her children. So we arranged our family finances and all went to Jerusalem.
I hope that if you are employed full-time, you are doing it to ensure that basic needs are met and not simply to indulge a taste for an elaborate home, fancy cars, and other luxuries.
Eternal vigilance is the price of eternal development.
I don't think that the Internet has contributed greatly to immorality.
You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.
Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion.
Let every mother realize that she has no greater blessing than the children who have come to her as a gift from the Almighty; that she has no greater mission than to rear them in light and truth, in understanding and love.
Marriage, in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have.
God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do.
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