The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now. Gordon B. Hinckley More Quotes by Gordon B. Hinckley More Quotes From Gordon B. Hinckley Work will cure your grief. Serve others. Gordon B. Hinckley curesgrief While you should be friendly with all people, select with great care those whom you wish to have close to you. They will be your safeguards in situations where you may vacillate between choices, and you in turn may save them. Gordon B. Hinckley choicesfriendshippeople Who can calculate the wounds inflicted, their depth and pain, by harsh and mean words spoken in anger? How pitiful a sight is a man who is strong in many ways but who loses all control of himself when some little thing, usually of no significant consequence, disturbs his equanimity. Gordon B. Hinckley angerpainstrong You must ask for God's help. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Gordon B. Hinckley asking-for-forgivenesshelpingtrying Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort. Gordon B. Hinckley effortgivingbook God will always make a way where there is no way. Gordon B. Hinckley gods-willobedienceway Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way. Gordon B. Hinckley offendinggoes-onmen If every husband and every wife would constantly do whatever might be possible to ensure the comfort and happiness of his or her companion, there would be very little, if any, divorce. Argument would never be heard. Accusations would never be leveled. Angry explosions would not occur. Rather, love and concern would replace abuse and meanness. Gordon B. Hinckley divorcewifehusband The best medicine for despair is service. Gordon B. Hinckley despairmedicine If there be any who nurture in their hearts the poisonous brew of enmity toward another, I plead with you to ask the Lord for strength to forgive. This expression of desire will be of the very substance of your repentance. It may not be easy, and it may not come quickly. But if you will seek it with sincerity and cultivate it, it will come. And even though he whom you have forgiven continues to pursue and threaten you, you will know you have done what you could to effect a reconciliation. There will come into your heart a peace otherwise unattainable. Gordon B. Hinckley forgivenessexpressionheart The true gospel of Jesus Christ never led to bigotry. It never led to self-righteousn ess. It never led to arrogance. The true gospel of Jesus Christ leads to brotherhood, to friendship, to appreciation of others, to respect and kindness and love Gordon B. Hinckley kindnessappreciationjesus There would be no Christmas if there had not been Easter. The babe Jesus of Bethlehem would be but another baby without the redeeming Christ of Gethsemane and Calvary, and the triumphant fact of the Resurrection. Gordon B. Hinckley christmasbabyjesus I hope we will never again see such a depression. But I am troubled by the huge consumer installment debt which hangs over the people of the nation, including our own people. Gordon B. Hinckley debtfinancialpeople It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. Gordon B. Hinckley perspectiveappreciationpast I know of no other practise which will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects. There is a great potential within each of us to go on learning. Regardless of our age, unless there be serious illness, we can read, study, drink in the writings of wonderful men and women. It is never too late to learn. Gordon B. Hinckley serious-illnesswritingmen When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but because of the knowledge within his heart Gordon B. Hinckley disciplinepowerfulheart To you wives who are constantly complaining and see only the dark side of life, and feel that you are unloved and unwanted, look into your own hearts and minds. If there is something wrong, turn about. Put a smile on your faces. Make yourselves more attractive. Brighten your outlook. Gordon B. Hinckley wifedarkheart Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children. Gordon B. Hinckley honortogetherchildren The decisions we make, individually and personally, become the fabric of our lives. That fabric will be beautiful or ugly according to the threads of which it is woven. I wish to say particularly to the young men who are here that you cannot indulge in any unbecoming behavior without injury to the beauty of the fabric of your lives. Immoral acts of any kind will introduce an ugly thread. Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish. Foul and profane language will rob the pattern of its beauty. Gordon B. Hinckley indulge-inbeautifulmen I urge our people everywhere, with all of the persuasiveness of which I am capable, to live worthy to hold a temple recommend, to secure one and regard it as a precious asset, and to make a greater effort to go to the House of the Lord and partake of the spirit and the blessings to be had therein. Gordon B. Hinckley religiouschristiangod
