No matter how old we become, we can acquire knowledge and use it. We can gather wisdom and profit from it. We can grow and progress and improve-and, in the process, strengthen the lives of those within our circle of influence.
GORDON B. HINCKLEY
GORDON B. HINCKLEY
Gordon B. Hinckley on improvement
Gordon B. Hinckley74 quotes“No matter how old we become, we can acquire knowledge and use it. We can gather wisdom and profit from it. We can grow and progress and improve-and, in the process, strengthen the lives of those within our circle of influence.”
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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.
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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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