You can’t plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.
GORDON B. HINCKLEY
GORDON B. HINCKLEY
Gordon B. Hinckley on imagination
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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.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley If you do not choose the kingdom of God, it does not matter what you choose instead.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better men and women.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley God will always make a way where there is no way.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Try a little harder to be a little better.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley It is imperative that good people, men and women of principle, be involved in the political process; otherwise we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.
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Albert CamusAlbert Camus Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.
Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you’re fast asleep.
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Carl JungCarl Jung A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
Jane AustenJane Austen Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.
Walt DisneyWalt Disney Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don’t give in to them.
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