Gordon B. Hinckley
Gordon B. Hinckley
Gordon Bitner Hinckleywas an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsfrom March 12, 1995, until his death. Considered a prophet, seer, and revelator by church members, Hinckley was the oldest person to preside over the church in its history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth23 June 1910
CountryUnited States of America
Gordon B. Hinckley quotes about
genius labor
Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius.
forget-you forget
Forget yourself and go to work.
criticism kind defeat
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
enjoy-life storm sunlight
Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.
blessed house promise
I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.
expression bridges house
The temple is concerned with things of immortality. It is a bridge between this life and the next. All of the ordinances that take place in the house of the Lord are expressions of our belief in the immortality of the human soul.
honor together purpose
God has brought us together as families to bring to pass His eternal purposes. We are part of this plan in this marriage relationship. let us love and respect and honor one another. We can do it, and we will be the better for it.
perfection excellence mediocrity
Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.
integrity grateful ambition
I love the youth of the Church. I have said again and again that I think we have never had a better generation than this. How grateful I am for your integrity, for your ambition to train your minds and your hands to do good work, for your love of the word of the Lord, and for your desire to walk in paths of virtue and truth and goodness.
gratitude appreciation maturity
Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.
dream song sweet
How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marry right and live right, our relationship will continue, notwithstanding the certainty of death and the passage of time. Men may write love songs and sing them. They may yearn and hope and dream. But all of this will be only a romantic longing unless there is an exercise of authority that transcends the powers of time and death.
persistence excellence self-improvement
Do your best, and be a little better than you are.
book giving effort
Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.
responsibility parenting parent
Work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it.