President Hinckley Quotes

#1. Born of a noble father and a saintly mother, President Hinckley learned as a young boy the truths of the restored gospel from his faithful parents. He came to respect deeply and value highly his pioneer heritage.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

#2. President Hinckley's strong, continuing challenge to us is retention, which requires full cooperation between the missionary, the leaders and members.

James E. Faust

#3. In matters of dress we wish neither silk nor rags," President Hinckley said. "We seek for the clean look, call it a wholesome look, the bright and happy look of young men and women who walk with a sense of who they are, of what is expected of them, and of what they may become.

Daniel H. Ludlow

#4. 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

#5. 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

#6. 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

#7. I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're not moral. They don't impart any Judeo-Christian ethic of any kind.

Neko Case

#8. In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

Noel Gallagher

#9. When we face with a steady eye the difficulties which lie before us, we may derive new confidence from remembering those we have already overcome.

Winston S. Churchill

#10. I think that Mormonism as a whole has been misunderstood. So, I think, it's neat that people just get to learn a little bit more about what our faith is about and what we believe in.

Carmen Rasmusen

#11. We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.

Jonathan Sacks

#12. If it's a phase, so what? If it's your whole life, who cares? You're destined to evolve and understand yourself in ways you never imagined before. And you've got our blood running through your beautiful veins, so no matter what, you've been blessed with the spirit of women who know how to love.

Gabby Rivera

#13. It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.

Annie Dillard

#14. Simply knowing you exist, ain't good enough for me

Kate Nash

#15. Indeed, the world is a better place because there was such a leader as President Gordon B. Hinckley.

Joseph B. Wirthlin