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
blessed keys people
I see a wonderful future in a very uncertain world. If we will cling to our values, if we will build on our inheritance, if we will walk in obedience before the Lord, if we will simply live the gospel we will be blessed in a magnificent and wonderful way. We will be looked upon as a peculiar people who have found the key to a peculiar happiness.
father blessed mind
He who is our Eternal Father has blessed you with miraculous powers of mind and body. He never intended that you should be less than the crowning glory of His creations.
blessed support trying
There are others whose lives are blessed when a missionary serves, such as the members of his family who support him, pray for him, and try to live worthy of him.
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.
blessed law justice
The Constitution under which we live and which has not only blessed us but has become a model for other constitutions, is our God-inspired national safeguard ensuring freedom and liberty, justice and equality before the law.
lord ordinary people work
The work of the Lord is done by ordinary people who work in an extraordinary way.
biggest facing forget himself lose work
The biggest challenge facing a missionary today is to forget himself and lose himself in the work.
people
People seem to be looking for discipline in a topsy-turvy world.
exemplary faithful life tract
The most persuasive gospel tract is the exemplary life of a faithful Latter-day Saint.
believer
I've never been a believer in the physical punishment of children. I don't think it is necessary.
determine disrupt marriage work
Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work.
across believe death enter threshold
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.
assurance gain god spirit
Through reading the scriptures, we can gain the assurance of the Spirit that that which we read has come of God for the enlightenment, blessing, and joy of his children.
extend
I've been blessed so abundantly that I can never get over it. I just feel so richly blessed that I want to extend that to others wherever I can.