Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

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• Something happens inside of us when we are courteous and deferential toward others. It is all part of a refining process, which if persisted in,…
• Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive.
• The home is under siege. So many families are being destroyed...If anyone can change the dismal situation into which we are sliding, it is you.…
• Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself…
• It is selfishness which is the cause of most of our misery.
• Never assume that you can make it alone. You need the help of the Lord. Never hesitate to get on your knees in some private…
• In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor...…
• Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you - don't do it. Say…
• Baptism into this Church is a serious thing. It represents a covenant made with our Heavenly Father. It is much more than a right of…
• Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind. "Christmas…
• Gratitude is of the very essence of worship. ... When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit and egotism, you…
• You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever…
• Criticism is the seed of divorce, and it develops rebellion in our young.
• There is too much of criticism and faultfinding with anger and raised voices.
• There is rampant among us a spirit of criticism. Men and women who carry heavy responsibility do not need criticism, they need encouragement.
• All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of others.
• Criticism is the forerunner of divorce, the cultivator of rebellion, sometimes an agent that leads to failure.
• We live in a society that feeds on criticism. It is so easy to find fault, and to resist doing so requires much discipline.
• I hope that each one of us will be a better husband or wife, kinder to one another, more thoughtful, more restrained in criticism, and…
• Coming closer to home, there is so much of jealousy, pride, arrogance, and carping criticism; fathers who rise in anger over small, inconsequential things and…

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