Gordon B. Hinckley
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.Collection: Easter
We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.Collection: Education
Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.Collection: Good
Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.Collection: Learning
Marriage, in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have.Collection: Marriage
You will find peace and happiness if you will live the gospel.Collection: Happiness
Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments.Collection: Attitude
Pray in faith.Collection: Faith
As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.Collection: Christmas
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.Collection: Faith
Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.Collection: Positive
I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman.Collection: Faith
When you are young, do not get involved in steady dating. When you reach an age where you think of marriage, then is the time to become so involved.Collection: Dating
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.Collection: Motivational
I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know.Collection: Hope
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.Collection: Work
Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.Collection: Experience
I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.Collection: Positive
I do not concern myself much with reading long commentary volumes designed to enlarge at length upon that which is found in the scriptures. Rather, I prefer to dwell with the source, tasting of the unadulterated waters of the fountain of truth - the word of God as he gave it and as it has been recorded in the books we accept as scripture.Collection: Truth
The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection.Collection: Death
The gospel is not a philosophy of repression, as so many regard it. It is a plan of freedom that gives discipline to appetite and direction to behavior.Collection: Freedom
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.Collection: Faith
You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.Collection: Great
Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.Collection: Respect
I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.Collection: Forgiveness
How grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.Collection: Finance
There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.Collection: Dreams
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.Collection: Death
To you wives who are constantly complaining and see only the dark side of life, and feel that you are unloved and unwanted, look into your own hearts and minds. If there is something wrong, turn about. Put a smile on your faces. Make yourselves more attractive. Brighten your outlook.Collection: Smile
Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.
Choose your friends carefully. It is they who will lead you in one direction or the other.
Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.
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.
The smallest gesture can mean to much to those who may need a little lift in their lives.
Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion.
Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.
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.
Some of our finest work comes through service to others.
There is need occasionally to leave the noise and the tumult of the world and step within the walls of a sacred house of God, there to feel His Spirit in an environment of holiness and peace.
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
Today is a part of eternity.
We live in a world that is filled with filth and sleaze, a world that reeks of evil. You cannot afford that filthy poison to touch you. Stay away from it. Avoid it.
Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.
I promise you that the time will come, if you have tattoos, that you will regret your actions. They cannot be washed off. They are permanent. Only by an expensive and painful process can they be removed. If you are tattooed, then probably for the remainder of your life you will carry it with you.
Some husbands regard it as their prerogative to compel their wives to fit their standards of what they think to be the ideal.
Eternal vigilance is the price of eternal development.
Seek to establish an environment conducive to study in the home.
Truth will prevail.
Unfortunately, some women want to remake their husbands after their own design.
Teach your daughters to walk in virtue.