Gordon B. Hinckley

Quotes

• “It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all ...”
• “Though my work may be menial, though my contribution may be small, I can perform it with dignity and offer it with unsel...”
• “Truly, my dear young friends, you are a chosen generation. I hope you will never forget it. I hope you will never take i...”
• “Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I k...”
• “Of course we're Christian. The very name of the church declares that. The more people see us and come to know us, the mo...”
• “You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sens...”
• “It is not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map the course of our living. . . Our lives ar...”
• “Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but, I hope we shall speak with such conviction that tho...”
• “I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to b...”
• “The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who hav...”
• “Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for an...”
• “Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and pro...”
• “The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.”
• “Through all of living have much joy and laughter, life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”
• “In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”
• “Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.”
• “Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.”
• “Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.”
• “All writers should be put in a box and thrown in the sea.”
• “Try a little harder to be a little better.”
• “Life is to be enjoyed, not endured”