Gordon B. Hinckley's Quotes

When all is said and done, the greatest satisfaction you'll have in this life as you grow old will be seeing your children grow in righteousness and faith and goodness as citizens of the society of which they are a part.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple.

Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion.

Every righteous man or woman is entitled to revelation concerning his own affairs.

God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do.

I don't think that the Internet has contributed greatly to immorality.

I spent one night in the hospital in my life. I was past 75 when that occurred.

I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.

If there were no immortality there would be no need for temples. There would be no need for eternal marriage if there were no eternity.

If you are too busy in your church activities to take care of your family, then perhaps we had better find something else for you to do.

Knowledge, learning, is an eternal thing.

Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.

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.

We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.

We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.

We're all sons and daughters of God, and therefore in a very literal sense, brothers and sisters. And we ought to treat each other that way.

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.

You don't need coffee. Nobody needs coffee. You can get along without it.

I almost stand in awe when I think of Joseph Smith. The angel appeared to him in 1823 - he said to this simple little boy, 'Your name should be known for good and evil throughout the entire world.'

I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the helpfulness, and so on, yes.

If every man would make his prime concern the comfort and well-being of his wife and every wife make her chief concern the comfort and well-being of her husband, we would have very little divorce in the land.

Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.

People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.