01c. 1959 ADYou are people with a present and with a future. Don't muff the ball. Be excellent.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
02c. 1959 ADMediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
03c. 1959 ADI hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
04c. 1959 ADIf 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. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
05c. 1959 ADWe pray that as you walk the paths of life you will walk in ways that are straight with the strength to conform even though those paths be narrow.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
06c. 1959 ADWhen 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 heartGordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
07c. 1959 ADEach of you is a daughter of God. Reflect on all the wondrous meaning of that one paramount fact.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
08c. 1959 ADMeekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
09c. 1959 ADI feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
10c. 1959 ADWhere ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
11c. 1959 ADThere 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 / quote ↗
12c. 1959 ADAs we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
15c. 1959 ADAt the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
16c. 1959 ADMy wife once said that one of her great ambitions was to walk down the streets of Hong Kong with her children. So we all went to Asia on one occasion. Then she said she'd like to walk down the streets of Jerusalem with her children. So we arranged our family finances and all went to Jerusalem.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
17c. 1959 ADSister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
19c. 1959 ADHow grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
20c. 1959 ADYou can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
21c. 1959 ADI am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
22c. 1959 ADDo 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 / quote ↗
23c. 1959 ADI am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
24c. 1959 ADUnfortunately, some women want to remake their husbands after their own design.Gordon B. Hinckley / quote ↗
