Quotes from Gordon Hinckley

Things will work out.

Things work out; it isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is.

Work will cure your grief. Serve others.

Grudges, if left to fester, can become serious maladies. Like a painful ailment they can absorb all of our time & attention.

A truly educated man never ceases to learn. He never ceases to grow. I hope you women, as you take upon yourselves the burden of rearing families, will never set aside the desire to acquire knowledge.

The way of the Lord is the way of happiness. 'Wickedness never was happiness' [Alma 41:10]. Transgression never was happiness. Sin never was happiness. Disobedience never was happiness. The way of happiness is following the way of the Lord. I believe this with all my heart.

There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.

When there throbs in the heart of an individual Latter-day Saint a great and vital testimony of the truth of this work, he will be found doing is duty in the Church.

The habit of saying thank you is the mark of a cultivated mind.

We are winning the war against Satan, and the future has never looked brighter.

The work so performed is both remarkable and singular. It is a great work of love.

May heaven's richest blessings rest upon you, my beloved associates. May faith grow in your hearts. May there be love and peace in your homes. May there be food upon your tables and clothing on your backs. May the smiles of heaven warm your hearts and bring comfort in times of trial.