Gordon B. Hinckley on defeat
Gordon B. Hinckley74 quotes“We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.”
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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.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Gratitude is a sign of maturity, Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That’s much better than watching television, much better. They won’t get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley In all this world there is no substitute for personal integrity. It includes honor. It includes performance. It includes keeping one’s word. It includes doing what is right regardless of the circumstances
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley If you go to bed at 10:00 and get up by 6:00 A.M., things will work out for you.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. It’s your choice
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something of the divine nature?
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Life is to be enjoyed, not endured.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley We live in a world where knowledge is developing at an ever-accelerating rate. Drink deeply from this ever-springing well of wisdom and human experience.
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Mandy HaleMandy Hale Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
Sophia LorenSophia Loren I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I am not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.
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