The greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging and rearing her children in righteousness and truth. None other can adequately take her place.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYThe greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging and rearing her children in righteousness and truth. None other can adequately take her place.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYThat which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYYou are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYWe seldom get into trouble when we speak softly. It is only when we raise our voices that the sparks fly and tiny molehills become great mountains of contention.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYThe cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYSomehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYOur lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYDishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYWhatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYGood books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYIt 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.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYIt is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYIn 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. HINCKLEYBeing humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYThe major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYAs you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.
GORDON B. HINCKLEY