Quotes from Gordon Hinckley
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
- Gordon Hinckley
Let every mother realize that she has no greater blessing than the children who have come to her as a gift from the Almighty; that she has no greater mission than to rear them in light and truth, in understanding and love.
- Gordon Hinckley
Some of you, unfortunately, will never marry in this life. That turns out to be the case sometimes. If that happens, do not spend your life grieving over it. The world still needs your talents. It needs your contribution.
- Gordon 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.
- Gordon Hinckley
No man's faith, no man's religion, no religion in all the world can ever rise above the truth.
- Gordon Hinckley
The Savior of all mankind left the ninety and nine to find the one lost. That one who was lost need not have become lost.
- Gordon Hinckley
You have to establish in your life some sense of prioritizing things, of giving emphasis to the important things and of laying aside the unimportant things that will lead to nothing.
- Gordon Hinckley
Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations.
- Gordon Hinckley
There is rampant among us a spirit of criticism. Men and women who carry heavy responsibility do not need criticism, they need encouragement.
- Gordon Hinckley
We recognize the universal power of music to touch the hearts of men and women everywhere and in all generations-to inspire and encourage, to sustain and lift, to comfort and bring peace.
- Gordon Hinckley
There is nothing we could do of greater importance than to have fortified in our individual lives an unshakable conviction that Jesus is the Christ, the living Son of the living God.
- Gordon Hinckley
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
- Gordon Hinckley