Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

A truly educated man never ceases to learn. He never ceases to grow. I hope you women, as you take u...

True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being...

How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marr...

I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness m...

Teach them [your children] in such a way that they could not misunderstand the Gospel of Jesus Chris...

I hope that you mothers will realize that when all is said and done, you have no more compelling res...

I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you r...

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contrib...

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, ...

There is something wonderful about a book. We can pick it up. We can heft it. We can read it. We can...

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great vir...

The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping ...

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares...

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

You are people with a present and with a future. Don't muff the ball. Be excellent.

It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the worl...

Aim high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is that he wi...

Most of you will marry and have children. They will become the source of your greatest pride and hap...

How grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.

We wear on our faces the results of what we believe and how we behave, and such behavior is most evi...

Though my work may be menial, though my contribution may be small, I can perform it with dignity and...

Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and...

I remind mothers everywhere of the sanctity of your calling. No other can adequately take your place...

Try a little harder to be a little better.

Of course we're Christian. The very name of the church declares that. The more people see us and com...

You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag ...

My wife once said that one of her great ambitions was to walk down the streets of Hong Kong with her...

Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern fo...

I hope that if you are employed full-time, you are doing it to ensure that basic needs are met and n...

It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company...

All writers should be put in a box and thrown in the sea.

Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to ...

When you are young, do not get involved in steady dating. When you reach an age where you think of m...

The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred...

I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith lea...

In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.

Believe in yourselves as sons and daughters of God, men and women with unlimited potential to do goo...

work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everyt...

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines hims...

Do your best, and be a little better than you are.

The things of God are understood by the Spirit of God. That Spirit is real. To those who have experi...

To you wives who are constantly complaining and see only the dark side of life, and feel that you ar...

Each of you is a daughter of God. Reflect on all the wondrous meaning of that one paramount fact.

Life is to be enjoyed, not endured

The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were picking up the phone and ord...

It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself ev...

Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.

Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.

Truly, my dear young friends, you are a chosen generation. I hope you will never forget it. I hope y...

There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.

If there were no immortality there would be no need for temples. There would be no need for eternal ...

What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look...

Knowledge, learning, is an eternal thing.

Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marria...

A proverb in the Old Testament states: 'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he t...

I cannot say enough of appreciation for your determination to live by the standards of the Church, t...

I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realiz...

The remedy for most marital stress is not in divorce. It is in repentance and forgiveness, in sincer...

If we are to build that Zion of which the prophets have spoken and of which the Lord has given might...

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

Don’t be gloomy. Do not dwell on unkind things. Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the...

The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.

If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something...

Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledge...

In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women f...

We pray that as you walk the paths of life you will walk in ways that are straight with the strength...

Believe in God our Eternal Father, He who is greatest of all, who stands ever ready to help us and w...

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams bec...

Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in th...

I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a...

Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only...

Unfortunately, some women want to remake their husbands after their own design.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in ...

Rear your children in light and truth. Teach them to pray while they are young. Read to them from th...

At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world...

Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contrib...

A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the...

God is the designer of the family.

Nevertheless, I sought counsel from my leaders and obeyed, even when I knew their advice would make ...

It is not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map the course of our livi...

Do not despair. Do not give up. Look for the sunlight through the clouds.

Marriage, in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the...

Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.

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

I believe that it should be the blessing of every child to be born into a home where that child is w...

I remind you that no man who makes disparaging remarks concerning those of another race can consider...

As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such a...

Believe in the sacred word of God, the Holy Bible, with its treasury of inspiration and sacred truth...

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're go...

Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but, I hope we shall speak with such...

The more surely you rear your children in the ways of the gospel of Jesus Christ, with love and high...

As you walk your various paths, walk with faith. Speak affirmatively and cultivate an attitude of co...

I have now been an officer in this Church for a very long time. I am an old man who cannot deny the ...

There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are childre...

No matter the circumstances, I encourage you to go forward with faith and prayer, calling on the Lor...