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. Gordon B. Hinckley More Quotes by Gordon B. Hinckley More Quotes From Gordon B. Hinckley To save a girl is to save generations! Gordon B. Hinckley generations girl Forget yourself and get to work. Gordon B. Hinckley forget The Church expects that each of us carry a share of the burden of leadership. There is no paid clergy. The work is done because of a love of the cause. And as people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given. Gordon B. Hinckley effort sacrifice people Stay out of the gutter in your conversation. Foul talk defiles the man who speaks it. Gordon B. Hinckley gutters speak men ... the whole design of the gospel is to lead us onward and upward to greater achievement, even, eventually, to godhood. This great possibility was enunciated by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the King Follet sermon. It is this grand and incomparable concept: As God now is, man may become! Gordon B. Hinckley onward-and-upward kings men Love is the only force that can erase the differences between people or bridge the chasms of bitterness. Gordon B. Hinckley differences bridges love-is Everything that occurs in the temple is uplifting and ennobling. It speaks of life here and life beyond the grave. It speaks of the importance of the individual as a child of God. It speaks of the importance of the family and the eternity of the marriage relationship. Gordon B. Hinckley temples uplifting children Polygamists have no connection with us whatsoever. They don't belong to the church. There are actually no Mormon fundamentalists. Gordon B. Hinckley polygamy connections church I meet young people everywhere who are wonderful and faithful; youth who want to do the right thing and who indicate the reality of what I have been saying for a long time, that we've never had a better generation of young people in the Church than we have today. They are faithful. They are active. They're knowledgeable. They are a great generation, notwithstanding the environment in which many of them are growing up. Gordon B. Hinckley our-generation growing-up reality Be strong-be strong in the discipline of self. How many otherwise good men squander their strength and dissipate their will and literally destroy their lives because they have not the power of self-discipline. Gordon B. Hinckley strong self men Why all of these broken homes? What happens to marriages that begin with sincere love and a desire to be loyal and faithful and true one to another? There is no simple answer. I acknowledge that. But it appears to me that there are some obvious reasons that account for a very high percentage of these problems. I say this out of experience in dealing with such tragedies. I find selfishness to be the root cause of most of it. Gordon B. Hinckley loyal-and-faithful simple home In our old age my beloved companion said to me quietly one evening, "You have always given me wings to fly, and I have loved you for it. Gordon B. Hinckley evening age wings ...When we lift our voices tiny molehills of difference become great mountains of conflict. Gordon B. Hinckley differences communication voice When we speak quietly one to another things somehow get settled. Gordon B. Hinckley communication speak Television is perhaps the greatest medium ever discovered to teach and educate and even to entertain. But the filth, the rot, the violence, and the profanity that spew from television screens into our homes is deplorable. It is a sad commentary on our society. The fact that a television set is on six or seven hours every day in most of the homes of America says something of tremendous importance. Gordon B. Hinckley violence home america It is naive to believe that a steady diet of blatant immorality, played out nightly in our living rooms, has no effect on people. I am always curious when individuals insist that what they watch on television or in movie theaters doesn't affect them. ... Are we really to believe that hours, leading to years, of television viewing will not affect attitudes about everything from family life to appropriate sexual relations? Gordon B. Hinckley attitude believe years I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good. Gordon B. Hinckley memorable graduation believe The Lord would want you to be successful. He would. You are His sons and His daughters. He has the same kind of love and ambition for you that your earthly parents have. They want you to do well and you can do it. Gordon B. Hinckley daughter ambition son A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes. If you want to reform a nation you begin with families. Gordon B. Hinckley reform want home There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. Gordon B. Hinckley easter ifs would-be
