It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership…. By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.
GORDON B. HINCKLEYFaith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we’ll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain.
More Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes
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True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one’s companion.
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Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future.
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Quiet talk is the language of love. It is the language of peace. It is the language of God.
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Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it’s always constant.
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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?
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Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.
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Being 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.
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By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
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Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall.
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The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.
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You 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.
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Our 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.
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God will always make a way where there is no way.
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Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.
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Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way.
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