Gordon B Hinckley

(284 votes)   Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself in ugly egotism and frequently in wanton mischief. We have seen our beaches, our parks, our forests littered with ugly refuse by those who evidently have no appreciation for their beauty. I have driven through thousands of acres of blackened land scourged by a fire evidently set by a careless smoker whose only concern had been the selfish pleasure gained from a cigarette.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(269 votes)   The Lord would want you to be successful. He would. You are His sons and His daughters. He has the same kind of love and ambition for you that your earthly parents have. They want you to do well and you can do it.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(268 votes)   This is my prayer for all of us—'Lord, increase our faith.' Increase our faith to bridge the chasms of uncertainty and doubt. . . . Grant us faith to look beyond the problems of the moment to the miracles of the future. . . . Give us faith to do what is right and let the consequence follow.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(263 votes)   Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(263 votes)   Under the plan of heaven, the husband and the wife walk side by side as companions, neither one ahead of the other, but a daughter of God and a son of God walking side by side. Let your families be families of love and peace and happiness. Gather your children around you and have your family home evenings, teach your children the ways of the Lord, read to them from the scriptures, and let them come to know the great truths of the eternal gospel as set forth in these words of the Almighty.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(262 votes)   A prominent judge was asked what we, as citizens of the countries of the world, could do to reduce crime and disobedience to law and to bring peace and contentment into our lives and into our nations. He thoughtfully replied, ‘I would suggest a return to the old-fashioned practice of family prayer.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(256 votes)   We are sometimes told that we are not a biblical church. We are a biblical church. This wonderful testament of the Old World, this great and good Holy Bible is one of our standard works. We teach from it. We bear testimony of it. We read from it. It strengthens our testimony. And we add to that this great second witness, the Book of Mormon, the testament of the New World, for as the Bible says, In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall [all things] be established (2 Cor. 13:1).

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(256 votes)   Where there is appreciation, there is courtesy, there is concern for the rights and property of others. Without appreciation, there is arrogance and evil.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(254 votes)   Whatever our calling, regardless of our fears or anxieties, let us pray and then go and do.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

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

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(245 votes)   Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(239 votes)   I believe that I am a child of God, endowed with a divine birthright. I believe that there is something of divinity within me and within each of you. I believe that we have a godly inheritance and that it is our responsibility, our obligation, and our opportunity to cultivate and nurture the very best of these qualities within us.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(234 votes)   There is no substitute for virtue. Keep your thoughts virtuous. Rise above the filth that's all around you in this world and stand tall in strength and virtue. You can do this and you will be happier for it for as long as you live. God bless you in cherishing, developing and holding on to this great gift, the quality of personal virtue.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(226 votes)   Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you -- don't do it. Say no. That can of beer that somebody wants you to try, don't do it. Don't you ever do it. That drug that someone might want you to use, don't touch it. Stay away from it. It can destroy you.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(211 votes)   There is a sad tendency in our world today for persons to cut one another down. Did you ever realize that it does not take very much in the way of brainpower to make remarks that may wound another? Try the opposite of that. Try handing out compliments.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious Leader, 1910-2008, LDS President

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website