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Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes | Quotes said by Gordon B. Hinckley

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #1

    . . . You are good. But is is not enough to be good. You must be good for something. The world must be a better place for your presence and the good that is in you must be spread to others.


  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #2

    A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #3

    A proverb in the Old Testament states: 'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city'.

    It is when we become angry that we get into trouble. The road rage that affects our highways is a hateful expression of anger. I dare say that most of the inmates of our prisons are there because they did something when they were angry. In their wrath they swore, they lost control of themselves, and terrible things followed, even murder. There were moments of offense followed by years of regret. . . .

    So many of us make a great fuss of matters of small consequence. We are so easily offended. Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #4

    A truly educated man never ceases to learn. He never ceases to grow. I hope you women, as you take upon yourselves the burden of rearing families, will never set aside the desire to acquire knowledge.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #5

    Aim high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is that he will love you, that he will respect you, that he will honor you, that he will be absolutely true to you, that he will give you the freedom of expression and let you fly in the development of your own talents. He is not going to be perfect, but if he is kind and thoughtful, if he knows how to work and earn a living, if he is honest and full of faith, the chances are you will not go wrong, that you will be immensely happy.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #6

    All writers should be put in a box and thrown in the sea.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #7

    As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #8

    As you walk your various paths, walk with faith. Speak affirmatively and cultivate an attitude of confidence. You have the capacity to do so. Your strength will give strength to others. Do not partake of the spirit so rife in our times. Rather look for good and build upon it. There is so much of the strong and the decent and the beautiful to build upon. You are partakers of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel means good news. The message of the Lord is one of hope and salvation. The voice of the Lord is a voice of glad tidings. The work of the Lord is a work of glorious accomplishment.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #9

    Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #10

    Believe in God our Eternal Father, He who is greatest of all, who stands ever ready to help us and who has the power to do so. Believe in Jesus Christ, the Savior and the Redeemer of mankind, the worker of miracles, the greatest who ever walked the earth, the intercessor with our Father. Believe in the power of the Holy Ghost to lead, to inspire, to comfort, to protect. Believe in the Prophet Joseph, as an instrument in the hands of the Almighty in ushering in this the dispensation of the fullness of times.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #11

    Believe in the sacred word of God, the Holy Bible, with its treasury of inspiration and sacred truth; in the Book of Mormon as a testimony of the living Christ. Believe in the Church as the organization which the God of Heaven established for the blessing of His sons and daughters of all generations of time.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #12

    Believe in yourselves as sons and daughters of God, men and women with unlimited potential to do good in the world. Believe in personal virtue. There is no substitute for it anywhere under the. heavens. Believe in your power to discipline yourselves against the evils which could destroy you. Believe in one another as the greatest generation ever yet to live upon the earth.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #13

    Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #14

    Do not despair. Do not give up. Look for the sunlight through the clouds.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #15

    Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #16

    Don’t be gloomy. Do not dwell on unkind things. Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. ‘Accentuate the positive.’ Look a little deeper for the good. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #17

    Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #18

    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...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #19

    God is the designer of the family.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #20

    Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #21

    How grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #22

    How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marry right and live right, our relationship will continue, notwithstanding the certainty of death and the passage of time. Men may write love songs and sing them. They may yearn and hope and dream. But all of this will be only a romantic longing unless there is an exercise of authority that transcends the powers of time and death.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #23

    I am satisfied that a happy marriage is not so much a matter of romance as it is an anxious concern for the comfort and well-being of one’s companion.
    -Gordon B. Hinckley

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #24

    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.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #25

    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.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #26

    I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something of the divine nature?

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #27

    I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #28

    I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #29

    I have now been an officer in this Church for a very long time. I am an old man who cannot deny the calendar. I have lived long enough and served in enough different capacities to have removed from my mind, if such were necessary, any doubt of the divinity of this, the work of God. We respect those of other churches. We desire their friendship and hope to render meaningful service with them. We know they all do good, but we unabashedly state—and this frequently brings criticism upon us—that this is the true and living Church of our Father in Heaven and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Gordon B. Hinckley Quote #30

    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.

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