Top 100 Hinckley's Quotes
#1. President Hinckley's strong, continuing challenge to us is retention, which requires full cooperation between the missionary, the leaders and members.
James E. Faust
#2. After explainging that the Relief Society is one of the oldest and largest women's organizations in the world, he said: People wonder what we do for our women. I will tell you what we do; we get out of their way and look with wonder at what they are accomplishing.
Sheri Dew
#3. No man's faith, no man's religion, no religion in all the world can ever rise above the truth.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#4. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#6. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#7. I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#8. Love is the only force that can erase the differences between people or bridge the chasms of bitterness.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#9. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#10. Work is the miracle by which talent is brought to the surface and dreams become reality.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#11. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#12. Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#13. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#15. Mortality is but a stepping-stone to a more glorious existence in the future.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#16. Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#17. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#18. Small aberrations in doctrinal teaching can lead to large and evil falsehoods.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#19. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#20. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#21. He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#23. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#25. You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable ... it's your choice
Gordon B. Hinckley
#26. Walk by faith. God will open the way. When there is no way, He will open the way.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#27. Eligibility for a temple recommend is not based on financial worth. That has nothing whatever to do with it. It is based on consistent personal behavior, on the goodness of one's life. It is not concerned with money matters, but rather with things of eternity.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#28. Let there be cultivated an awareness in every member's heart of his own potential for bringing others to a knowledge of the truth. Let him work at it. Let him pray with great earnestness about it
Gordon B. Hinckley
#29. May heaven's richest blessings rest upon you, my beloved associates. May faith grow in your hearts. May there be love and peace in your homes. May there be food upon your tables and clothing on your backs. May the smiles of heaven warm your hearts and bring comfort in times of trial.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#30. At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#31. 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
#32. My heart goes out to a missionary who does not receive regular mail from home. Generally, a letter once a week is a good rule. But on the other hand, too much mail can be damaging to a missionary's morale.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#33. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#35. How grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#36. We each do the best we can. My best may not be as good as your best, but it's my best. The fact is we know when we are doing our best and when we are not. If we are not doing our best, it leaves us with a gnawing hunger and frustration. But when we do our best, we experience a peace.
Marjorie Pay Hinckley
#37. I will never get over being thankful to them; I hope that you never get over being thankful to them. I hope that we will always remember them ... Let us read again and again, and read to our children or our children's children, the accounts of those who suffered so much.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#38. I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That's much better than watching television, much better. They won't get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#39. Our whole strength rests on the validity of [Joseph Smith's] vision. It either occurred or it did not occur. If it did not, then this work is a fraud. If it did, then it is the most important and wonderful work under the heavens.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#40. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#41. Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it's always constant.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#42. I've tried to recognize my wife's individuality, her personality, her desires, her background, her ambitions.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#44. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#45. Let us be happy people. The Lord's plan is a plan of happiness. The way will be lighter, the worries will be fewer, the confrontations will be less difficult if we cultivate a spirit of happiness.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#46. That's the test, when all is said and done. Does it persuade one to do good, to rise, to stand tall, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be generous? Then it is of the Spirit of God. If it is dark, sinister, ugly, not good, then you may know that it is of the adversary.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#47. Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#48. Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to spend a lot of time running around shouting that he's been robbed.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#49. All of us have to deal with death at one time or another, but to have in one's heart a solid conviction concerning the reality of eternal life is to bring a sense of peace in an hour of tragedy that can come from no other source under the heavens
Gordon B. Hinckley
#50. True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#51. The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#52. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#54. You don't need coffee. Nobody needs coffee. You can get along without it.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#55. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#57. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#58. 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
#59. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#60. There cannot be peace where there is not trust; there cannot be freedom where there is not loyalty
Gordon B. Hinckley
#63. There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#64. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#67. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#68. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#69. Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#70. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#71. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#72. There is far too much of divorce, wherein hearts are broken, and sometimes lives are destroyed.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#73. 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
#74. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#75. 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
Gordon B. Hinckley
#77. There is rampant among us a spirit of criticism. Men and women who carry heavy responsibility do not need criticism, they need encouragement.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#78. You can't take life too seriously. You just have to laugh your way through it.
Marjorie Pay Hinckley
#79. You must ask for God's help. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#82. All the beauty in the earth bears the fingerprint of the master creator.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#83. So many deaths could be prevented if measures were implemented to expand background checks and keep individuals like John Hinckley from ever buying firearms in the first place.
Charles B. Rangel
#85. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#86. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#87. Women are not second-class citizens in the kingdom of God, You are 50% of the worlds population, and the mothers of the other 50%. No one can dismiss you lightly.
Gordon Hinckley
#88. I still remember March 31, 1981, when a deeply disturbed John Hinckley Jr. took aim at President Ronald Reagan and fired shots that hospitalized the Commander-in-Chief and two others, and left his Press Secretary James Brady paralyzed for life.
Charles B. Rangel
#89. No other practice will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#91. Do you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great cause.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#92. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#93. Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#94. 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.
Tad R. Callister
#95. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#96. 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.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#97. There is no obstacle too great, no challenge too difficult, if we have faith.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#98. We must work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of tolerance, with forbearance one for another.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#99. 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
#100. Listen to the whisperings of the Spirit, the gift of revelation to which you are entitled.
Gordon B. Hinckley
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