Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

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

Work will cure your grief. Serve others.

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

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

A truly educated man never ceases to learn.

As you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.

Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.

Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future.

Conversations I have had with school principals and students lead me to the same conclusion-that...there is an evil and growing habit of profanity and the use of foul and filthy language.

Let your first interest be in your home. The baby you hold in your arms will grow quickly as the sunrise and the sunset of the rushing days.

Quiet talk is the language of love. It is the language of peace. It is the language of God.

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept of your effort.

Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations.

God bless you, my beloved sisters, who stand as the queens in your home, that you may be happy with that happiness which comes of the knowledge that you are loved and honored and treasured.

I hope we will never again see such a depression. But I am troubled by the huge consumer installment debt which hangs over the people of the nation, including our own people.

It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future.

It is imperative that good people, men and women of principle, be involved in the political process; otherwise we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.

There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.

The truest mark of your success in life will be the quality of your marriage

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?

If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children.

We live in a society that feeds on criticism. It is so easy to find fault, and to resist doing so requires much discipline.

I condemn polygamy, yes, as a practice, because I think it is not doctrinal. It is not legal. And this church takes the position that we will abide by the law.

We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.

Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.

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.

The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.

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.

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.

There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.

Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds.

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

Don't make the kinds of mistakes that will bring regret.

The discipline that is needed in our lives is the discipline that comes from within.

A tattoo is graffiti on the temple of the body.

When referring to an individual, including yourself, never use the word 'just'.

Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.

God will always make a way where there is no way.

Love is the very essence of life.

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

Criticism is the forerunner of divorce, the cultivator of rebellion, sometimes an agent that leads to failure.

The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others

We live in a world where knowledge is developing at an ever-accelerating rate. Drink deeply from this ever-springing well of wisdom and human experience.

The greatness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts.

Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.

Those who move forward "with a" happy spirit will find that things alwas work out.

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

No man's faith, no man's religion, no religion in all the world can ever rise above the truth.

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.