Gordon B. Hinckley

(1910–2008) Hymnwriter United States

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Gordon B. Hinckley was a hymnwriter from the United States, best known for Way to Be!.

Quick Facts About Gordon B. Hinckley

Born: June 23, 1910
Died: January 27, 2008
Nationality: United States
Profession: Hymnwriter
Notable works: Way to Be!
Spouse: Marjorie Pay Hinckley

About Gordon B. Hinckley

Born in 1910, he was also an author and was considered a prophet, seer, and revelator by church members. He died at age 97 in 2008, having been the oldest church president until 2022.

Awards & Honors

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Quotes by Gordon B. Hinckley · Page 2

The best medicine for despair is service.

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If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel.

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Life is to be enjoyed, not endured

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Bad ass

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Do your best, and be a little better than you are.

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Children can be disciplined with love.

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Child

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I have two sons. Good sons. They're both businessmen.

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Love is meant to be an adventure!!

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Adventure

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Forget yourself and get to work.

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Of course we're Christian. The very name of the church declares that.

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Christian

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

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It is selfishness which is the cause of most of our misery.

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

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Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.

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Any investigator worthy of baptism becomes a convert worthy of saving.

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

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Asthma

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We recognize the universal power of music to touch the hearts of men and women everywhere and in all generations-to inspire and…

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Comfort

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I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending…

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We need to have a little humor in our lives. .If the time ever comes when we can't smile at ourselves, it…

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Comedy

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A testimony is a conviction, a quiet inward certainty of the reality of the living God, of the divinity of His Beloved…

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Beloved

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My children are now all grown. Some are in their 60s. But when they call and I answer the phone, they say,…

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There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the…

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Achievement

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Conversations I have had with school principals and students lead me to the same conclusion-that...there is an evil and growing habit of…

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Communication

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Well, we have nothing to hide. Our history is an open book. They may find what they are looking for, but the…

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Book

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Eligibility for a temple recommend is not based on financial worth. That has nothing whatever to do with it. It is based…

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Love is the very essence of life. It is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Yet it is…

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Adhesive

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The best food storage is not in welfare grain elevators but in sealed cans and bottles in the homes of our people.…

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I have now been an officer in this Church for a very long time. I am an old man who cannot deny…

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May I suggest that you write, that you keep journals, that you express your thoughts on paper. Writing is a great discipline.…

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As we have been continuously counseled for more than 60 years, let us have some food set aside that would sustain us…

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Beloved

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Though my work may be menial, though my contribution may be small, I can perform it with dignity and offer it with…

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Who can calculate the wounds inflicted, their depth and pain, by harsh and mean words spoken in anger? How pitiful a sight…

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Anger

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A truly educated man never ceases to learn.

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God will bless us if we walk in humility.

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Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.

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You have not failed until you quit trying.

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The world is starved for spiritual food.

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Food

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You can't build a great building on a weak foundation.

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Knowledge, learning, is an eternal thing.

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Education

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Love is the very essence of life.

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Essence

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