It should be recognized that this Church is not a social club. This is the kingdom of God on the earth. It is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Its purpose is to bring salvation and exaltation to both the living and the dead. Gordon B. Hinckley More Quotes by Gordon B. Hinckley More Quotes From Gordon B. Hinckley What a marvelous and wonderful thing is # prayer . Think of it. We can actually speak with our Father in # Heaven . Gordon B. Hinckley prayer father thinking I see a wonderful future in a very uncertain world. If we will cling to our values, if we will build on our inheritance, if we will walk in obedience before the Lord, if we will simply live the gospel we will be blessed in a magnificent and wonderful way. We will be looked upon as a peculiar people who have found the key to a peculiar happiness. Gordon B. Hinckley keys blessed people For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this, the Dispensation of the Fulness [sic] of Times. He, together with His Father, appeared to the boy Joseph Smith in the year 1820, and when Joseph left the grove that day, he knew more of the nature of God than all the learned ministers of the gospel of the ages. Gordon B. Hinckley boys father years We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant. Gordon B. Hinckley independent religious self I don't hesitate to say if every family in the world practiced [family home evening], you'd see a very great difference in the solidarity of the families of the world. Gordon B. Hinckley differences home world Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive. Gordon B. Hinckley gratitude eye appreciation Christmas is more than trees and twinkling lights, more than toys and gifts and baubles of a hundred varieties. It is love. It is the love of the Son of God for all mankind. It is magnificent and beautiful. Gordon B. Hinckley light beautiful son The Voice of Heaven is a still small voice. The voice of peace in the home is a quiet voice. There is need for much discipline in marriage, not of one's companion, but of oneself... When couples cultivate the art of the soft answer, it blesses their home, their life together, and their companionship. Gordon B. Hinckley couple home art I am saying that out of a spirit of appreciation and gratitude, and a sense of duty, you ought to make whatever adjustment is necessary to give a little of your time-as little as two years-consecrating your strength, your means, your talents to the work of sharing with others the gospel, which is the source of so much of the good that you have. I promise that if you will do so, 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 make. Gordon B. Hinckley gratitude appreciation mean There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements. Most of us are inherently lazy. We would rather play than work. We would rather loaf than work...But it is work that spells the difference in the life of a man or woman. It is stretching our minds and utilizing the skills of our hands that lift us from mediocrity. Gordon B. Hinckley dream work reality We should also build the attitude that there is nothing of a vacation, nothing of a holiday in this great missionary service. It is hard, and at times discouraging, work. Last year our missionaries averaged sixty-seven hours a week in actual proselyting effort. Let those who contemplate missions realize that they will work as they have never worked before, and that they may expect such joy as they have not previously known. Gordon B. Hinckley vacation holiday attitude If you will make your first concern the comfort, the well-being, and the happiness of your companion, sublimating any personal concern to that loftier goal, you will be happy, and your marriage will go on through eternity Gordon B. Hinckley marriage goal comfort I do not know what the future holds. I do not wish to sound negative, but I wish to remind you of the warnings of scripture and the teachings of the prophets which we have had constantly before us. Gordon B. Hinckley teaching wish sound There is no association richer than the companionship of husband and wife. Gordon B. Hinckley wife husband association Education will equip you to do something worthwhile in the great world of opportunity that lies ahead. Gordon B. Hinckley opportunity lying world I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it... I understand the philosophical background behind it, but I don't know a lot about it, and I don't think others know a lot about it. Gordon B. Hinckley philosophical men father No man's faith, no man's religion, no religion in all the world can ever rise above the truth. Gordon B. Hinckley truth men world One has neither independence nor freedom from bondage when he is obligated to others Gordon B. Hinckley bondage independence The most important step you have made or will make in your life is marriage. Its consequences are many, so important and so everlasting.. No other decision will have such tremendous consequences for the future. Gordon B. Hinckley marriage important decision In very large measure each of us holds the key to the blessings of the Almighty upon us. If we wish the blessing, we must pay the price. Gordon B. Hinckley pay-the-price keys blessing
