Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Work will cure your grief. Serve others.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Life is just like an old time rail journey … delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
To save a girl is to save generations!
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
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
All writers should be put in a box and thrown in the sea.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Father forgive us, for we do not what we know.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Our hope concerning the future is great, and our faith is strong. We know we’ve scarcely scratched the surface of that which will come to pass in the years that lie ahead.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
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
God is the designer of the family.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
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
Believe in yourselves. Believe in your capacity to do some good in this world. God sent us here for a purpose, and that was to improve the world in which we live. The wonderful thing is that we can do it.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how difficult circumstances may look at the moment, those who have faith and move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
How thankful I am, how thankful we all must be, for the women in our lives. God bless them. May His great love distill upon them and crown them with luster and beauty, grace and faith.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart concerning things divine.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Some of you may feel that you are not as attractive and beautiful and glamorous as you would like to be. Rise above any such feelings, cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others. You need never feel inferior. You need never feel that you were born without talents or without opportunities to give them expression. Cultivate whatever talents you have, and they will grow anв refine and become an expression of your true self appreciated by others.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
You have not failed until you quit trying.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. 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
Walk by faith. God will open the way. When there is no way, He will open the way.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Try a little harder to be a little better.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Woman is God’s supreme creation. Only after the earth had been formed, after the day had been separated from the night, after the waters had been divided from the land, after vegetation and animal life had been created, and after man had been placed on the earth, was woman.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Work without vision is drudgery. Vision without work is dreaming. Work plus vision-this is destiny.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it’s always constant.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.
– Gordon B Hinckley
There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Life is to be enjoyed, not endured.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
When I say do your best, I mean your very best. You are capable of so much more.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Rise above… cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
That which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
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
If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
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
Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better men and women.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Love is meant to be an adventure!!
– Gordon B. Hinckley
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.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
When referring to an individual, including yourself, never use the word ‘just’.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
It is good to LOOK to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the FUTURE. It is good to look upon the VIRTUES of those who have gone before; to gain STRENGTH for whatever lies ahead. It is good to REFLECT upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose DREAMS and early pains, so well nurtured, has come a great gravest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous EXAMPLE can become a compelling MOTIVATION for all of us.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
No matter how old we become, we can acquire knowledge and use it. We can gather wisdom and profit from it. We can grow and progress and improve-and, in the process, strengthen the livs of those within our circle of influence.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it’s your choice.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.
– Gordon B Hinckley
I am the last leaf on the tree, and the wind is blowing.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Our burden in going forward is tremendous. But our opportunity is glorious.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
All of us are the products of the lives that touched upon our own lives.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
If we could follow the slogan that says,”Turn off the TV and open a good book” we would do something of substance for a future generation.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Let us stand a little taller, if you don’t, you will never strengthen yourself.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Do your best, and be a little better than you are.
– Gordon B Hinckley
A marvelous thing it would be to stand with confidence, unafraid, unashamed, and unembarrassed in the presence of God.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Remember that whatever you do or wherever you are, you are never alone.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart.
– Gordon B Hinckley
Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
May I suggest that you write, that you keep journals, that you express your thoughts on paper. Writing is a great discipline. It is a tremendous educational effort. It will assist you in various ways, and you will bless the lives of many-your families and others-now and in the years to come, as you put on paper some of your experiences and some of your musings.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Anger is the mother of a whole brood of evil actions.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
All of us have problems. We face them every day. How grateful I am that we have difficult things to wrestle with. They keep us young, they keep us alive, they keep us going, they keep us humble. Be grateful for your problems, and know that somehow there will come a solution. Just do the best you can, but be sure it is the very best.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
I can no longer remember the books I have read than the meals I have eaten, but they have made me.
– Gordon B. Hinckley
Things work out; it isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is.
– Gordon B. Hinckley