Quotes from Gordon Hinckley

If you are too busy in your church activities to take care of your family, then perhaps we had better find something else for you to do.

That which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains.

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.

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

My plea is that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight...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.

Give expression to the noble desires that lie in you heart.

Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who condescended to come into this world of misery, struggle, and pain to touch men's hearts for good, to teach the way of eternal life, and to give Himself as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind. How different, how empty our lives would be without Him. How infinite is our opportunity for exaltation made possible through His redeeming love.

Love for the Lord, love for His servants the missionaries. Missionary work is a work of love and trust, and it has to be done on that basis.

Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.

There are others whose lives are blessed when a missionary serves, such as the members of his family who support him, pray for him, and try to live worthy of him.

Without labor there is neither wealth, nor comfort, nor progress.

We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.