Top 100 Gordon B Hinckley Quotes

#1. Things work out; it isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is.

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#2. When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but because of the knowledge within his heart

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#3. Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.

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

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#5. There is far too much of divorce, wherein hearts are broken, and sometimes lives are destroyed.

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#6. Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but, I hope we shall speak with such conviction that those to whom we speak shall know of the strength of our feeling and the sincerity of our efforts.

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#7. Each of us has to face the matter - either the Church is true, or it is a fraud. There is no middle ground. It is the Church and kingdom of God, or it is nothing.

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#8. Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.

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#9. For me, the reading of the scriptures is not the pursuit of scholarship. Rather, it is a love affair with the word of the Lord and that of His prophets.

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#10. Go forward in life with a smile on your face, a sparkle in your eyes, and with great and strong purpose in your heart. The best things in life are the people in your life, the moments we live, and memories we made along the way.

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#11. Nothing's too good for the Lord.

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#12. I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.

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#13. 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.

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#14. There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer.

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#15. Brigham Young had a prophetic vision.

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#16. Today is a part of eternity.

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#17. There cannot be peace where there is not trust; there cannot be freedom where there is not loyalty

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#18. No matter the circumstances, I encourage you to go forward with faith and prayer, calling on the Lord. You may not receive any direct revelation. But you will discover, as the years pass, that there has been a subtle guiding of your footsteps in paths of progress and great purpose.

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

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#20. It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership ... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.

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#21. You never know how much good you do.

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#22. There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us to do something with our lives, and that He will give us help when help is sought.

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#23. You don't need coffee. Nobody needs coffee. You can get along without it.

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#24. The world is starved for spiritual food.

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

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#26. Listen to the whisperings of the Spirit, the gift of revelation to which you are entitled.

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#27. 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.

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#28. We must work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of tolerance, with forbearance one for another.

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#29. There is no obstacle too great, no challenge too difficult, if we have faith.

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#30. 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.

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#31. I forewarn you, this will be a rather long talk. I am an old man. I do not know how much longer I will live, and so I want to say what I have to say, while I have the strength to say it ... Having been warned, some of you will wish to get comfortable. Pleasant dreams.

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#32. President Gordon B. Hinckley spoke of its relationship to other events in world history: When all is said and done, when all of history is examined, when the deepest depths of the human mind have been explored, there is nothing so wonderful, so majestic, so tremendous as this act of grace.

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#33. Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius.

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#34. Associated with gratitude is virtue. I think they are related because he who is disposed to shun virtue lacks appreciation of life, its purposes, and the happiness and well-being of others.

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#35. Do you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great cause.

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#36. Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

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#37. There is rampant among us a spirit of criticism. Men and women who carry heavy responsibility do not need criticism, they need encouragement.

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#38. I hope that each one of us will be a better husband or wife, kinder to one another, more thoughtful, more restrained in criticism, and more generous with compliments.

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#39. 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.

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#40. Some of our finest work comes through service to others.

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#41. All the beauty in the earth bears the fingerprint of the master creator.

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#42. Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.

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#43. You must ask for God's help. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.

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#44. No other practice will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects.

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#45. To me the gospel is not a great mass of theological jargon. It is a simple and beautiful and logical thing, with one quiet truth following another in orderly sequence. I do not fret over the mysteries. I do not worry whether the heavenly gates swing or slide. I am only concerned that they open.

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#46. Walk by faith. God will open the way. When there is no way, He will open the way.

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#47. You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable ... it's your choice

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#48. I am totally in the hands of the Lord.

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#49. You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.

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#50. I am the last leaf on the tree, and the wind is blowing.

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#51. He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.

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#52. There is something almost sacred about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom, the learning, and the pondering of men and women of all the ages, accumulated under one roof.

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#53. The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.

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#54. Small aberrations in doctrinal teaching can lead to large and evil falsehoods.

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#55. 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.

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#56. Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.

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#57. Mortality is but a stepping-stone to a more glorious existence in the future.

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#58. We all exercise agency in the choices we make.

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#59. 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.

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#60. Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.

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#61. One of the bellwether marks of the growth and vitality of the Church is the construction of temples ... We will keep on working to bring the temples to the people, making it more convenient for Latter day Saints everywhere to receive the blessings which can only be had in these holy houses.

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#62. Work is the miracle by which talent is brought to the surface and dreams become reality.

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#63. Children don't need beating. They need love and encouragement. They need fathers to whom they can look with respect rather than fear. Above all, they need example.

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#64. Love is the only force that can erase the differences between people or bridge the chasms of bitterness.

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#65. I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.

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#66. Everyone who owns a home recognizes the need for fire insurance. We hope and pray that there will never be a fire. Nevertheless, we pay for insurance to cover such a catastrophe, should it occur. We ought to do the same with reference to family welfare.

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#67. If we are to continue to have the freedoms that came of the inspiration of the Almighty to our Founding Fathers, we must return to the God who is their true Author.

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#68. There is too much of criticism and faultfinding with anger and raised voices.

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#69. Well, we have nothing to hide. Our history is an open book. They may find what they are looking for, but the fact is the history of the church is clear and open and leads to faith and strength and virtues.

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#70. Every sacrament meeting ought to be a spiritual feast.

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#71. I would enjoy sitting in a rocker ... listening to soft music and contemplating the things of the universe. But such activity offers no challenge and makes no contribution.

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#72. Mutual respect, the soft answer, financial honesty with the Lord, prayer. "I do not hesitate to promise that if you will go to your homes and cultivate and nurture it among these four cornerstones, your lives will be happy."

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#73. We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.

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#74. We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.

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#75. In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference.

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#76. Let the Latter-day Saints be in their homes, teaching their families, reading the scriptures, doing things that are wholesome and beautiful and communing with the Lord on the Sabbath day.

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#77. Sacrifice is the very essence of religion; ... Without sacrifice there is no true worship of God.

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#78. 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.

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#79. If you are a good missionary, you will return home with the desire to continue to serve the Lord, to keep His commandments, and to do His will.

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#80. As people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given.

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#81. Every righteous man or woman is entitled to revelation concerning his own affairs.

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#82. Given what we have and what we know, we ought to be a better people than we are. We ought to be more Christlike, more forgiving, more helpful and considerate to all around us.

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#83. God will bless us if we walk in humility.

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#84. The religion of which you are a part is 7 days a week. It isn't just Sunday, it isn't the block plan, it isn't just 3 hours in church, it isn't just the time you spend in Seminary - it's all the time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

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#85. The small day-to-day decisions will determine the course of your lives.

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#86. The world is our responsibility. We cannot evade it.

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#87. 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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#88. Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with the knowledge that we will need help every step of the way.

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#89. Death is not the end, but a more glorified existence.

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#90. Did you ever think that your body is holy? You are a child of God. Your body is His creation.

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#91. Christmas is more than trees and twinkling lights, more than toys and gifts and baubles of a hundred varieties. It is love. It is the love of the Son of God for all mankind. It is magnificent and beautiful.

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#92. If you do not choose the kingdom of God, it does not matter what you choose instead.

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#93. Most of the things that make you angry are of very small consequence. And what a terrible price you are paying for your anger.

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#94. I don't know how to get anything done except getting on my knees and pleading for help and then getting on my feet and going to work.

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#95. I hope that you mothers will realize that when all is said and done, you have no more compelling responsibility, nor any laden with greater rewards, than the nurture you give your children in an environment of security, peace, companionship, love, and motivation to grow and do well.

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#96. None of you need worry because you read something that was incompletely reported. You need not worry that I do not understand some matters of doctrine ... I think I understand them thoroughly.

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#97. But even considering these, I have great confidence in our young people as a whole. I regard you as the finest generation in the history of the Church. I compliment you, and I have in my heart a great feeling of love and respect and appreciation for you.

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#98. Avoid alcohol as you would a loathsome disease. Beer will do to you what hard liquor will do. Each contains alcohol in varying amounts.

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#99. Work without vision is drudgery. Vision without work is dreaming. Work plus vision-this is destiny.

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#100. Love is meant to be an adventure!!

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