Quotes from Gordon Hinckley

Life is to be enjoyed, not endured

Through all of living have much joy and laughter, life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.

As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.

Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.

Eligibility for a temple recommend is not based on financial worth. That has nothing whatever to do with it. It is based on consistent personal behavior, on the goodness of one's life. It is not concerned with money matters, but rather with things of eternity.

Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but the study will have given you a better understanding of your own tongue or of another tongue you may be asked to acquire.

There is far too much of divorce, wherein hearts are broken, and sometimes lives are destroyed.

Let us take a little time to meditate, to think of what we can do to improve our lives and to become better examples of what a Latter-day Saint should be.

Don't waste your time searching and wishing. Grow and be ready...and you'll see God will give you a love story far better than you could ever dreamed of.

When you are young, do not get involved in steady dating. When you reach an age where you think of marriage, then is the time to become so involved.

Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.

Love is the very essence of life.