Top 300 Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “None of us is perfect. There was only one perfect man who ever walked the earth, and He was the Son of God. We all have weaknesses and I guess we all make mistakes and will make mistakes in the future, but look for the virtues, the strengths, the goodness in those with whom you labor, and draw those characteristics into your own lives and make them a part of yourselves, and you will be the richer for it all the days that you live.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

252. “I have yet to find a faithful tithe payer who cannot testify that in a very literal and wonderful way the windows of Heaven have been opened and blessings have been poured out upon him or her.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

253. “The small day-to-day decisions will determine the course of your lives.”

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254. “Work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it.”

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255. “The Constitution under which we live and which has not only blessed us but has become a model for other constitutions, is our God-inspired national safeguard ensuring freedom and liberty, justice and equality before the law.”

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256. “Let there be cultivated an awareness in every member’s heart of his own potential for bringing others to a knowledge of the truth. Let him work at it. Let him pray with great earnestness about it.”

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257. “One has neither independence nor freedom from bondage when he is obligated to others.”

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258. “People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that’s firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they’re living.”

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259. “The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

260. “God has saved you to make your appearance in the last days.”

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261. “I know of no better answer to the foul practices that confront our young people than the teachings of a mother, given in love with an unmistakable warning.”

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262. “Do the best you can. And remember that the greatest asset you have in this world is those children who you’ve brought into the world, and for whose nurture and care you’re responsible.”

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263. “There is no association richer than the companionship of husband and wife.”

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264. “No man’s faith, no man’s religion, no religion in all the world can ever rise above the truth.”

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265. “Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall.”

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266. “He who is our Eternal Father has blessed you with miraculous powers of mind and body. He never intended that you should be less than the crowning glory of His creations.”

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267. “It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God.”

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268. “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, will change our very natures.”

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269. “We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant.”

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270. “Without labor there is neither wealth, nor comfort, nor progress.”

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271. “It is so important to see that we are all converted, that we have in our hearts a conviction concerning this great work. It is not a matter of the head only. It is a matter of the heart. It is being touched by the Holy Spirit until we know that this work is true, that Joseph Smith was verily a prophet of God, that God lives and that Jesus Christ lives and that they appeared to the boy Joseph Smith, that the Book of Mormon is true, that the priesthood is here with all of its gifts and blessings.”

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272. “Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.”

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273. “People who carry in their hearts a strong conviction concerning the living reality of the Almighty and their accountability to Him for what they do with their lives are far less likely to become enmeshed in problems that inevitably weaken society.”

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274. “It was a very limited practice; carefully safeguarded. In 1890, that practice was discontinued.”

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275. “We’ve got to have a little humor in our lives. You had better take seriously that which should be taken seriously but, at the same time, we can bring in a touch of humor now and again. If the time ever comes when we can’t smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

276. “I believe without any doubt that you are the finest generation this Church has ever had.”

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277. “All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of others.”

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278. “Do not nag yourself with a sense of failure.”

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279. “Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart.”

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280. “There is too much of criticism and faultfinding with anger and raised voices.”

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281. “It is imperative that good people, men and women of principle, be involved in the political process; otherwise we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.”

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282. “If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children.”

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283. “Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.”

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284. “It is both revealing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book and mingle with the great of the earth, counsel with the wise of all time, look into the unlived days with prophets... To become acquainted with real nobility as it walks the pages of history and science and literature is to strengthen character and develop life in its finer meanings.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

285. “I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.”

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286. “What I fear from these reports is that the prevalent use of foul language has become an acceptable pattern in the schools, probably due in large part to the influence of TV and the general permissiveness in our society.”

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287. “Nobody is lost until somebody has given up.”

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288. “I am totally in the hands of the Lord.”

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289. “Great has been our past, wonderful is our present, and glorious can be our future.”

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290. “I remind you that no man who makes disparaging remarks concerning those of another race can consider himself a true disciple of Christ,” said President Hinckley. “How can any man holding the Melchizedek Priesthood arrogantly assume that he is eligible for the priesthood whereas another who lives a righteous life but whose skin is of a different color, is ineligible?”

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291. “Of course we’re Christian. The very name of the church declares that.”

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292. “We have never found, and I think we never shall find, an adequate substitute for the situation in which two wholesome young men meet with a family, reason with them, teach them, testify to them, and pray with them. We shall always need missionaries.”

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293. “We wear on our faces the results of what we believe and how we behave, and such behavior is most evident in the eyes and on the faces of those who have lived many years.”

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294. “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.”

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295. “Criticism is the seed of divorce, and it develops rebellion in our young.”

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296. “The work so performed is both remarkable and singular. It is a great work of love.”

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297. “For me, the reading of the scriptures is not the pursuit of scholarship. Rather, it is a love affair with the word of the Lord and that of His prophets.”

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298. “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.”

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299. “If we are to build that Zion of which the prophets have spoken and of which the Lord has given mighty promise, we must set aside our consuming selfishness. We must rise above our love for comfort and ease, and in the very process of effort and struggle, even in our extremity, we shall become better acquainted with our God.” – Gordon B. Hinckley.”

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300. “Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man’s thoughts.”

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